The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No.1936

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Made

27th July 1993

Coming into force

27th August 1993

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 17(6) and 35(4) of the Education Act 1980(1) and after consulting, in accordance with section 17(8) of that Act, such bodies as appear to them to be appropriate and to be representative of schools participating in the assisted places scheme, the Secretary of State for Education, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

1.—(1) The Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 27th August 1993.

(2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to a school year beginning on or after the date mentioned in paragraph (1).

(3) In these Regulations, a reference to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1989(2).

2.  In paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 11 of the principal Regulations, for the sum “£1,105” there shall be substituted the sum “£1,125” in each place where it appears.

3.—(1) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (computation of income)—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (n) the word “or” shall be deleted;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (o) the word “or” shall be inserted;

(c) after sub-paragraph (o) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(p) in pursuance of section 59 of and Schedule 10 to the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (relief for letting furnished accommodation in owner occupied homes)”.

(2) In paragraph 4 of that Schedule, for the words “pursuant to a scheme approved by the Secretary of State under section 50(4) of the Adoption Act 1958” there shall be substituted the words “pursuant to regulations made under section 57A of the Adoption Act 1976(3)”, and for the words “pursuant to section 34(6) of the Children Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989(4), any assistance given by a local authority in cash under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to that Act and any payment made by a local authority under paragraph 16 of that Schedule”.

(3) In paragraph 5(3)(a) of that Schedule, after the words “(whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere)” there shall be inserted the words “under any arrangement made by the Child Support Agency pursuant to the Child Support Act 1991(5)”.

4.—(1) In Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations (scales of remission), for the sum “£9,056” there shall be substituted the sum “£9,225”.

(2) For the Table in paragraph 2 of that Schedule there shall be substituted the following Table—

“TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Part of relevant income to which specified percentage applies	Only assisted pupil	Each of two assisted pupils	Each of three assisted pupils
That part which exceeds £9,059 but does not exceed £9,850	9%	6.75%	5.25%
That part (if any) which exceeds £9,850 but does not exceed £10,655	12%	9%	7%
That part (if any) which exceeds £10,655 but does not exceed £12,250	15%	11.25%	8.75%
That part (if any) which exceeds £12,250 but does not exceed £14,707	21%	15.75%	12.25%
That part (if any) which exceeds £14,707 but does not exceed £17,912	24%	18%	14%
That part (if any) which exceeds £17,912	33%	24.75%	19.25%”

Emily M. Blatch

Minister of State,

Department of Education

27th July 1993

John Redwood

Secretary of State for Wales

27th July 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1989 in respect of a school year beginning on or after 27th August 1993.

The reductions to be made in relevant income in respect of dependent relatives pursuant to regulation 11(3) and (4) of the 1989 Regulations are increased from £1,105 to £1,125 (regulation 2).

References to the relevant income tax legislation in Schedule 1 to the 1989 Regulations are updated so as to discount relief for letting furnished accommodation in owner occupied homes (regulation 3(1)).

References to the legislation relating to the adoption and fostering of children have been updated (regulation 3(2)).

Payments made under arrangements made by the Child Support Agency are to be deducted from the income of the person making the payments for the purposes of these Regulations and included in the income of the person receiving them (regulation 3(3)).

The means test for the remission of fees is relaxed; the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is set at £9,225 instead of £9,056 with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum (regulation 4).

(1)

1980 c. 20.

(2)

S.I. 1989/1235, amended by S.I. 1990/1546, 1991/1767 and 1992/1798.

(3)

1976 c. 36; the Regulations currently in force are the Adoption Allowance Regulations 1991, S.I. 1991/2030.

(4)

1989 c. 41.

(5)

1991 c. 48.