Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001
2001 asp 6
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the payment by certain persons of the graduate endowment; to make provision in relation to the use of income arising from the graduate endowment for the purposes of the financial support of students; to make further provision as respects financial support for students; and to make provision exempting students from liability for council tax.
F11 The graduate endowment
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F22 Graduate endowment: use of income
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3 Financial support for students
1
The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44) shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (f) of section 73 (power of Scottish Ministers to pay allowances), for the word “attending” there shall be substituted—
i
undertaking; or
ii
who have undertaken
3
In subsection (2) of section 73B (power to require amounts payable under loans to be paid directly to institutions), for the word “attending” there shall be substituted “
undertaking
”
.
4
In subsection (1) of section 73D (maximum amounts of certain allowances: application of section), the words “attendance on” are repealed.
4 Council tax: students to be exempt from liability
1
The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14) shall be amended as follows.
2
In subsection (4) of section 75 (exemption of certain persons from liability to pay council tax)—
a
after the word “discount” there shall be inserted “
either
”
; and
b
after the word “impaired)” there shall be inserted “
or, being a student, by virtue of paragraph 4 of that Schedule
”
.
3
In subsection (2) of section 77 (exemption of certain spouses from liability to pay council tax)—
a
after the word “discount” there shall be inserted “
(a)
”
; and
b
after the word “impaired)” there shall be inserted
; or
b
being a student, by virtue of paragraph 4 of that Schedule.
5 Short title and commencement
1
This Act may be cited as the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001.
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Section 4 of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and any such order may make such transitional or savings provision as appears to the Scottish Ministers to be necessary or expedient.