Citation and commencement

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

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations a reference to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 1989(2).

Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations

3.-(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.

Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations

4. 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".

Regulation 16 of the principal Regulations

5. 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".

Regulation 17 of the principal Regulations

6.-(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.".

Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

7. 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(3) (relief for premiums paid in respect of private medical insurance),".

Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

8. For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (scales of remission) there shall be substituted the following:-�

Regulation 13

"SCHEDULE 2

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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 (the principal Regulations) to uprate the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and making of grants under the assisted places scheme and in certain other respects.

The level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £7,584 to £8,200, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where the relevant income exceeds that sum (regulations 3(1) and 8). The qualifying income levels for school travel grants and clothing grants are uprated (regulations 4 to 6). The maximum parental contribution made by families with 4 or more assisted pupils is limited to the amounts payable at any given level of income by parents supporting 3 assisted pupils (regulation 3(2)).

References to the relevant income tax legislation in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations are updated so as to discount tax relief on premiums paid in respect of private medical insurance as deductions from total income (regulation 7).