The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006

Made: 8th June 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 9th June 2006

Coming into force: 1st August 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75A(9) and (10) and 75B of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after having consulted such bodies as appear to the Scottish Ministers to be appropriate and to be representative of participating schools in accordance with section 75A(11) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the E ducation (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st August 2006.

Amendment of Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

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The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001[^f00002]are amended as follows:–

• (a) in regulation 9(3) and (5) (references to income) for the sum of “£1,573” in the three places where it occurs substitute “£1,615”;

• (b) in regulation 13(2) (scales of remission) for the sum of “£12,193” substitute “£12,522”;

• (c) in regulation 15(6) (school travel grants for day pupils and amounts thereof) for the sums of “£12,212” and “£12,016” substitute “£12,542” and “£12,340” respectively;

• (d) in regulation 16(5) (school travel grants for boarding pupils and amounts thereof) for the sums of “£12,212”and “£12,016” substitute “£12,542” and “£12,340” respectively;

• (e) for regulation 17(2) substitute–

(2) A clothing grant shall be made in the case of an assisted pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £13,469 and shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure (disregarding expenditure in respect of which a previous grant has been paid) as does not exceed– (a) £83, where the relevant income is £12,522 or less; (b) £43, where that income exceeds £12,522 but does not exceed £13,470.

; and

• (f) for Schedule 2 substitute–

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

PETER J PEACOCK — A member of the Scottish Executive — 8th June 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 to uprate the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the assisted places scheme.

The deduction made from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,573 to £1,615 (regulation 2(a)).

The level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £12,193 to £12,522 with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where the relevant income exceeds that figure (regulation 2(b) and (f)).

The qualifying income levels for school travel grants and clothing grants are also uprated, with clothing grants being increased by either £2 or £1 (regulation 2(c), (d) and (e)).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1980 c. 44; sections 75A and 75B were inserted by section 5 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 58). Section 75A was amended by the Education (Schools) Act 1997 (c. 59), sections 5 and 6 and the Schedule, and by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31), sections 130 and 140 and Schedule 31. Section 135(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2001/222, as amended by S.S.I. 2002/249, S.S.I. 2003/281, S.S.I. 2004/239 and S.S.I. 2005/270.