Restriction on payment of grant and remission of charges
12.—(1) This paragraph applies to an assisted pupil attending a school—
(a)at which he was a registered pupil in the 1996—97 school year, but
(b)at which he did not hold an assisted place for the purposes of the assisted places scheme at any time during that year.
(2) In the case of a pupil to whom paragraph (1) applies—
(a)no grant (except grant paid in accordance with regulation 2(4) or 4(5)) shall be paid to his parents under Part II or III in respect of expenditure incurred before the date on which he was first provided with an assisted place under section 2(1) of the 1997 Act, and
(b)no charges incurred before that date shall be remitted under Part IV or V.
(3) The parents of an assisted pupil shall not be entitled to—
(a)any grant under Part II or III in respect of expenditure incurred in, or relating to, any period in respect of which they are, by virtue of regulation 11(1) or (2) of the principal Regulations, not entitled to any remission of fees; or
(b)remission of charges under Part IV or V for which they are liable in respect of such a period.