The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/1346
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st August 1990.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations a reference to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 .

Section 3 Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations

(1) In paragraph (2) of regulation 13 of the principal Regulations (scales of remission), for the sum of “£7,584” there shall be substituted the sum of “£8,200”.

(2) In paragraph (5) of that regulation–

(a) after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the word “and”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:–

(b) where the number of such pupils is 3 or more, by the factor of 1.75.

and

(c) sub-paragraph (c) shall be deleted.

Section 4 Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations

In paragraph (6) of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations (school travel grants for day pupils and amounts thereof)

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for the sum of “£7,595” there shall be substituted the sum of “£8,213”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for the sum of “£7,416” there shall be substituted the sum of “£8,034”.

Section 5 Regulation 16 of the principal Regulations

In paragraph (5) of regulation 16 of the principal Regulations (school travel grants for boarding pupils and amounts thereof) –

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for the sum of “£7,595” there shall be substituted the sum of “£8,213”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for the sum of “£7,416” there shall be substituted the sum of “£8,034”.

Section 6 Regulation 17 of the principal Regulations

(1) For paragraph (2) of regulation 17 of the principal Regulations (clothing grants) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

(2) In an assisted pupil’s first assisted year, clothing grant shall be made in the case of such a pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £9,151 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed–

(a) £140, where the relevant income does not exceed £8,034;

(b) £105, where that income exceeds £8,034 but does not exceed £8,407;

(c) £69, where that income exceeds £8,407 but does not exceed £8,769;

(d) £35, where that income exceeds £8,769 but does not exceed £9,151.

(2) For paragraph (3) of that regulation there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

(3) In any subsequent school year in which clothing grant is made, it shall be made in the case of an assisted pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £8,769 and in such case the grant 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) £52, where the relevant income does not exceed £8,234;

(b) £26, where that income exceeds £8,234 but does not exceed £8,769.

Section 7 Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (computation of income)–

(a) after sub-paragraph (k) the word “or” shall be deleted; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (l) there shall be inserted the word “or” and the following sub–paragraph:–

(m) in pursuance of section 54 of the Finance Act 1989 (relief for premiums paid in respect of private medical insurance),

Section 8 Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (scales of remission) there shall be substituted the following:–

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