The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

General

14.—(1) The provisions of this Part shall apply in relation to the making of grants and remission of charges in respect of an assisted pupil.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part, a participating school shall make grants in respect of school travel expenditure (hereinafter in this Part referred to as “school travel grants”) and clothing expenditure (hereinafter in this Part referred to as “clothing grants”) and shall remit charges in respect of meals provided and participation in field study courses all in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

(3) Subject to the provisions of regulations 15(4), 16(7) and 17(1), no grant shall be made in pursuance of these Regulations to a parent of an assisted pupil in respect of school travel or clothing expenditure incurred or relating to any period before the date on which they took up an assisted place or after the date on which they ceased to hold an assisted place; and no such charges as are mentioned in paragraph (2) in respect of any such period shall be remitted in pursuance of these Regulations.

(4) Where a pupil attended a school before they took up an assisted place thereat then, in pursuance of these Regulations–

(a) no grants shall be paid to their parents in respect of expenditure incurred before the date they took up their assisted place;

(b) no charges shall be remitted in respect of a period before that date.

(5) The parents of an assisted pupil shall not be entitled to any grants from a participating school in respect of such expenditure incurred relating to a period after the pupil has left the participating school or, if the pupil remains at the school, after the end of the school year in which the pupil attains the age of 20 years nor shall they be entitled to any remission of charges for which they are liable (in lieu of notice or otherwise) in respect of such a period.

(6) In this regulation, “school travel expenditure” includes school travel expenditure as defined in regulations 15(2) and 16(2) and “clothing expenditure” has the meaning assigned thereto by regulation 17(1).