The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1060 (S. 78)

EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1999

Made

23rd March 1999

Laid before Parliament

1st April 1999

Coming into force

1st August 1999

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 and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st August 1999.

Amendment of St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995

2.  Schedule 1 to the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995(2) is amended as follows:–

(a) in sub-paragraphs (3) and (5) of paragraph 10 (references to income) for the sum of “£1,265” in the three places where it occurs substitute “£1,300”;

(b) in paragraph 13 (remission of fees - boarding pupils)–

(i) in sub-paragraph (2) for the sum of “£8,963” substitute “£9,183”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3) for the Table substitute–

“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 £9,034 but does not exceed £11,404	10%	7.5%
That part which exceeds £11,404 but does not exceed £16,025	20%	15%
That part in excess of £16,025	12.5%	7.5%”.

(c) in paragraph 14 (remission of fees - day pupils) for the sums of “£11,275” and “£11,126” substitute “£11,553” and “£11,404” respectively;

(d) in paragraph 18 (clothing grants)–

(i) in sub-paragraph (3)–

(aa) for the sum of “£11,673” substitute “£11,965”; and

(bb) for heads (a) to (d) substitute–

“(a) £183, where the relevant income does not exceed £10,504;

(b) £137, where that income exceeds £10,504 but does not exceed £10,993;

(c) £87, where that income exceeds £10,993 but does not exceed £11,466;

(d) £46, where that income exceeds £11,466 but does not exceed £11,965:”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (4)–

(aa) for the sum of “£11,186” substitute “£11,466”; and

(bb) for heads (a) and (b) substitute–

“(a) £69, where the relevant income does not exceed £10,670;

(b) £36, where that income exceeds £10,670 but does not exceed £11,466.”;

(e) in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 24 (amount of school travel grants) for the sums of “£10,427” and “£10,248” substitute “£10,683” and “£10,504” respectively.

Helen Liddell

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

23rd March 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Regulations amend the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995 to uprate the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the aided places scheme.

The details of these amendments are as follows:–

(a) the deduction from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,265 to £1,300 (regulation 2(a));

(b) the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £8,963 to £9,183 for boarders and from £11,275 to £11,553 for day pupils, with corresponding increases in the extent of fee remission where the relevant income exceeds these sums (regulation 2(b) and (c));

(c) the qualifying income levels for school travel grants and clothing grants are increased (regulation 2(d) and (e));

(d) school clothing grants are increased by amounts varying from £1 to £4 (regulation 2(d)).

(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. 1995/1712, amended by S.I. 1996/1807, 1997/1640 and 1998/1498.