The State Awards (Amendment) Regulations 1983

• Citation: S.I. 1983/188
• Sections: 4

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the State Awards (Amendment) Regulations 1983 and shall come into operation on 21st March 1983.

Section 2

In these Regulations a reference to the principal Regulations is a reference to the State Awards Regulations 1978.

Section 3

(1) In Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations (duration of state awards) there shall be inserted at the beginning of paragraph (2)(b) the words “subject to paragraph (2A),” .

(2) After paragraph (2) of the said Regulation 9 there shall be inserted the following provision:—

(2A) Paragraph (2)(b) shall not apply where the award is tenable in respect of a course at the European University Institute.

Section 4

After paragraph (2) of Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations (payments in pursuance of state awards) there shall be inserted the following provision:—

(2A) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may make payments in pursuance of a state award in such instalments (if any) and at such times as he considers appropriate and, in particular, may make provisional payments pending the final determination of such payments; but, where a payment in respect of any period is made in advance or is provisional then, without prejudice to the recovery of an overpayment by way of a deduction from a subsequent payment, any overpayment or underpayment shall be adjusted by payment between the Secretary of State and the holder of the award.