Commentary on Sections Section 1
This substantive section amends the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 by extending the Department’s regulation making powers under that Order (and the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, to the extent that it exists under savings provisions) to provide that a student loan made to a borrower who enters an IVA will be treated in a similar way as it is currently treated under a bankruptcy.