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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2003 No. 281

EDUCATION

The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

  Made 4th June 2003 
  Laid before the Scottish Parliament 5th June 2003 
  Coming into force 1st August 2003 

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75A(9) and (10) and 75B of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980[1] 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
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st August 2003.

Amendment of Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001
    
2. The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001[2] are amended as follows:-





PETER J PEACOCK
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
4th June 2003



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 and to add receipt of the Child Tax Credit as one of the qualifying benefits for remission of charges for school meals.

The deduction made from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,463 to £1,500 (regulation 2(a)).

The level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £11,368 to £11,629 with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where the relevant income exceeds that figure (regulation 2(b) and (g)).

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)).

The circumstances in which receipt of the Child Tax Credit is a qualifying benefit for remission of charges for school meals is that the parent must not be in receipt of the Working Tax Credit and that the award of Child Tax Credit must be based on an annual income not exceeding the amount determined for the purposes of section 7(1)(a) of the Tax Credits Act 2002[
5], currently £13,230 (regulation 2(f)).


Notes:

[1] 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).back

[2] S.S.I. 2001/222, as amended by S.S.I. 2002/249.back

[3] 1995 c.18.back

[4] 2002 c.21.back

[5] 2002 c.21.back



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© Crown copyright 2003
Prepared 18 June 2003


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