1989 No. 1112 (S.103)
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The Students' Allowances (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 19801 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Students' Allowances (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st August 1989.

2.

Regulation 2(6)(ii) of the Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 19872 is hereby amended by substituting, for the figure “3” , the figure “2” .
M B Forsyth
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 1987 (“the principal Regulations”) so that a person is now classed as an “independent student” after being married for 2 years prior to the relevant date relating to the year of his course for which he is applying for an allowance. Previously a person was not so classed until he had been married for 3 years. Whether or not a person is classed as an “independent student” is in certain circumstances a relevant factor in determining whether that person has been “ordinarily resident” in the British Islands or the European Community for an appropriate period (in terms of regulation 2(5) of the principal Regulations) and is thus eligible for an allowance.