The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2013

Amendment of modifications of the 1987 Regulations for the purpose of Part 1 of the Schedule to the 2003 Regulations

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2.—(1) Table A of the Schedule to the 2003 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In the modification of regulation 62 (calculation of grant income), in the inserted paragraph (2C)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a) for “regulations 57 to 59 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2009” substitute “regulations 57 to 60 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011(1)”;

(b)after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)an allowance paid under regulations 3 and 4(1)(c) of the Student Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007(2);”

(c)in sub paragraph (b) for “regulations 39 to 41 of the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2011” substitute “regulations 41 to 44 of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2012(3)”;

(d)in sub-paragraph (b) for “regulations 49 to 52” substitute “regulations 51 to 55”.

(3) In the modification of regulation 66A (treatment of student loans), for inserted paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) A student loan (including any notional amount treated as part of the loan in accordance with paragraph (1A)) is to be treated as income, unless it is a hardship loan;

(1A) In the case of a student (S) who is paid a loan under the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007(4), that loan is to be treated as including a notional amount that is the difference (if there is one) between—

(a)the maximum amount that would potentially be payable under those Regulations to an eligible student in the same academic year and studying on the same course as S; and

(a)the amount that is paid to S under those Regulations.”.

(1)

S.I. 2011/1986. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2013/1728 and S.I. 2012/1653.