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2015/186 Student Loan Scheme (Charitable Organisations) Amendment Regulations 2015 Dame Susan Glazebrook, Administrator of the Government Order in Council At Wellington this 3rd day of August 2015 Present: Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council Pursuant to section 215(b) of the Student Loan Scheme Act 2011, Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
1 2 3 4 1 2 Title Commencement Principal regulations Schedule amended Contents Regulations Page 1 1 2 2 Title These regulations are the Student Loan Scheme (Charitable Organisations) Amendment Regulations 2015.

Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 September 2015.
1 r 3 3 4 Student Loan Scheme (Charitable Organisations) Amendment Regulations 2015 2015/186 Principal regulations These regulations amend the Student Loan Scheme (Charitable Organisations) Regulations 2011 (the principal regulations).

Schedule amended In the Schedule, insert in their appropriate alphabetical order: International Justice Mission Lattitude Global Volunteering Limited Mercy Ships New Zealand Wycliffe Bible Translators New Zealand Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 September 2015, amend the Student Loan Scheme (Charitable Organisations) Regulations 2011 by adding 4 organisations to the list of charitable organisations specified for the purposes of the definition of charity in section 4(1) of the Student Loan Scheme Act 2011.

New Zealand-based borrowers do not pay interest on their student loans.
Certain overseas borrowers may be treated as New Zealand-based if volunteering overseas for a specified charitable organisation for a maximum aggregate period of up to 24 months.

The effect of this amendment is that, provided certain conditions are met, a borrower may not have to pay interest on his or her student loan if volunteering overseas for one of the 4 specified charitable organisations.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 6 August 2015.


These regulations are administered by the Inland Revenue Department.

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