The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 1660 (S.212)

EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1993

Made

28th June 1993

Laid before Parliament

12th July 1993

Coming into force

2nd August 1993

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980((1)), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 2nd August 1993.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1989((2)).

(3) Except where the context otherwise requires, a schedule, paragraph or sub-paragraph referred to by number in these Regulations means a schedule, paragraph or sub-paragraph so numbered in the principal Regulations.

Amendment of Scheme for Aided Places set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

2.  In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (conditions as to residence), sub-paragraph (3)(b) shall be deleted.

3.  In paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 (references to income)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (3), for the sum of “£1,100” there shall be substituted the sum of “£1,150”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (4), for the sum of “£1,100” (in both places where it occurs) there shall be substituted the sum of “£1,150”.

4.  In paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 (remission of fees–boarding pupils)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (2), for the sum of “£8,077” there shall be substituted the sum of “£8,196”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for the Table there shall be substituted the following Table:–

“TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)
Part of relevant income to which the specified percentage applies	Only aided pupil	Each of two aided pupils
That part which exceeds £8,047 but does not exceed £10,158	10%	7.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds £10,158 but does not exceed £14,274	20%	15%
That part (if any) which exceeds £14,274	10%	7.5%”.

5.  In paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 (remission of fees–day pupils)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (2), for the sum of “£10,157” there shall be substituted the sum of “£10,307”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for the sum of “£10,008” there shall be substituted the sum of “£10,158”.

6.  In paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 (clothing grants)–

(a) for sub-paragraph (3), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:–

“(3) Unless an aided pupil has been a pupil at the school before taking up an aided place, in a pupil’s first year at the school clothing grant shall be payable in the case of an aided pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £10,658, and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed–

(a) £163, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,356;

(b) £122, where that income exceeds £9,356 but does not exceed £9,791;

(c) £80, where that income exceeds £9,791 but does not exceed £10,212;

(d) £41, where that income exceeds £10,212 but does not exceed £10,658:

provided that any clothing grant which would fall to be paid in pursuance of this sub-paragraph in a pupil’s first aided year at the school may be paid during the two months immediately preceding that year.”;

• and

  (b)

  for sub-paragraph (4), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:–

  “(4) Except where sub-paragraph (3) applies, clothing grant shall be payable in the case of an aided pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £10,212, and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure (disregarding expenditure in respect of which a previous grant has been paid) as does not exceed–

  (a) £61, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,522;

  (b) £30, where that income exceeds £9,522 but does not exceed £10,212.”.

7.  In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 (amount of school travel grants)–

(a) in paragraph (a), for the sum of “£9,397” there shall be substituted the sum of “£9,535”; and

(b) in paragraph (b), for the sum of “£9,218” there shall be substituted the sum of “£9,356”.

Amendments of Appendix to Scheme for Aided Places set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

8.—(1) In paragraph 3 of the Appendix to the Scheme for Aided Places at St Mary’s Music School set out in Schedule 1 (computation of income)–

(a) after sub-paragraph (n), the word “or” shall be deleted; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (o), there shall be inserted the word “or” and the following sub-paragraph:–

“(p) in pursuance of section 59 of and Schedule 10 to the Finance (No.2) Act 1992((3)) (relief for Rent-a-Room income),”.

(2) In paragraph 5(3)(a) of that Appendix, after the word “agreement” there shall be inserted the words “or in accordance with a maintenance assessment under the Child Support Act 1991((4))”.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

28th June 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1989 (the principal Regulations) to uprate the qualifying income levels for remission of fees and charges and making of grants under the aided places scheme, and in certain other respects.

The level of income at or below which fees are wholly remitted is increased from £8,077 to £8,196 for boarders and from £10,157 to £10,307 for day pupils, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where the relevant income exceeds these sums (regulations 4 and 5). The qualifying income level for school transport grants and clothing grants are also uprated (regulations 6 and 7).

The deduction for dependent children and relatives which is to be made from “relevant income” has been increased from £1,100 to £1,150 (regulation 3).

Redundant wording relating to the grant of asylum in circumstances where this is no longer done has been removed (regulation 2).

The list of tax reliefs in the Appendix to Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is updated so as to include a further relief introduced by the Finance (No.2) Act 1992 (regulation 8(1)). This list specifies reliefs which are not to be deducted in determining a person’s income for the purposes of the aided places scheme. Provision is also made for the maintenance payments taken into account in determin fiing a person’s income to include those made in accordance with a maintenance assessment under the Child Support Act 1991 (regulation 8(2)).

(1)

1980 c. 44; section 74(1) was amended by the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39), Schedule 10, paragraph 8(17).

(2)

S.I. 1989/1134, amended by S.I. 1990/1345, 1991/1494 and 1992/1590.

(3)

1992 c. 48.

(4)

1991 c. 48.