Scottish Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION
Made
7th May 2009
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
8th May 2009
Coming into force
30th June 2009
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Education and Training (Scotland) Act 2000(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Individual Learning Account (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and come into force on 30th June 2009.
2. In regulation 3(7)(a) (qualifying persons (learning account holders)) of the Individual Learning Account (Scotland) Regulations 2004(2) for “£18,000” substitute “£22,000”.
FIONA HYSLOP
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
7th May 2009
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Individual Learning Account (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the principal regulations”). The principal regulations make provision for the payment of fee support grants in connection with the education or training of qualifying persons. Regulation 3(7)(a) of the principal regulations sets out an income threshold beyond which a person will not qualify for a fee support grant.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 3(7)(a) of the principal regulations so as to increase the income threshold from £18,000 to £22,000.
2000 asp 8. Section 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2000/292.
S.S.I. 2004/83, amended by S.S.I. 2004/270 and 469, 2007/164 and 2008/1 and 204.