1998 No. 1498 (S.79)
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND
The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1998
Made 11th June 1998
Laid before Parliament 9th July 1998
Coming into force 1st August 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1980 c. 44; section 74(1) was amended by the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39), Schedule 10, paragraph 8(17).

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998.

2 Amendment of St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995
Schedule 1 to the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995 is amended as follows:–
(a) in sub-paragraphs (3) and (5) of paragraph 10 (references to income) for the sum of “£1,230” in the three places where it occurs substitute “£1,265”;
(b) in paragraph 13 (remission of fees -boarding pupils)–
(i) in sub-paragraph (2) for the sum of “£8,723” substitute “£8,963”; and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (3) for the Table substitute–

“TABLE
(1)	(2)	(3)
Part of relevant income to which the specified percentage applies	Only aided pupil	Each of two aided pupils
That part which exceeds £8,814 but does not exceed £11,126	10%	7.5%
That part which exceeds £11,126 but does not exceed £15,634	20%	15%
That part in excess of £15,634	12.5%	7.5%”

;
(c) in paragraph 14 (remission of fees -day pupils) for the sums of “£10,972” and “£10,823” substitute “£11,275” and “£11,126” respectively;
(d) in paragraph 18 (clothing grants)–
(i) in sub-paragraph (3)–
(aa) for the sum of “£11,355” substitute “£11,673”; and
(bb) for heads (a) to (d) substitute–

“(a) £179, where the relevant income does not exceed £10,248;
(b) £134, where that income exceeds £10,248 but does not exceed £10,725;
(c) £87, where that income exceeds £10,725 but does not exceed £11,186;
(d) £45, where that income exceeds £11,186 but does not exceed £11,673:”

;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (4)–
(aa) for the sum of “£10,881” substitute “£11,186”; and
(bb) for heads (a) and (b) substitute–

“(a) £67, where the relevant income does not exceed £10,414;
(b) £35, where that income exceeds £10,414 but does not exceed £11,186.”

;
(e) in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 24 (amount of school travel grants) for the sums of “£10,148” and “£9,969” substitute “£10,427” and “£10,248” respectively.
S.I.1995/1712, amended by S.I.1996/1807 and 1997/1640.
Brian Wilson Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 11th June 1998

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Regulations amend the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995 to uprate the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the aided places scheme.
The details of these amendments are as follows:–
(a) the deduction from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,230 to £1,265 (regulation 2(a));
(b) the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £8,723 to £8,963 for boarders and from £10,972 to £11,275 for day pupils, with corresponding increases in the extent of fee remission where the relevant income exceeds these sums (regulation 2(b) and (c));
(c) the qualifying income levels for school travel grants and clothing grants are increased (regulation 2(d) and (e));
(d) school clothing grants are increased by amounts varying from £1 to £5 (regulation 2(d)).