The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Amendment of the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1997

2.—(1) The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1997(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 2 there shall be substituted–

“Grant for clothing expenditure

2.—(1) In this regulation–

  • “clothing expenditure”, in relation to an assisted pupil, means expenditure which the school are satisfied–

    (a)

    has been incurred by his parents, or

    (b)

    is about to be incurred by them but which they cannot, without financial hardship, incur in advance of the payment of grant,

    on items of uniform and other clothing (including sports clothing) to be worn by him either at school or for the purposes of school activities; and

  • “uniform grant”, in relation to an assisted pupil, means grant payable to his parents in respect of clothing expenditure.

(2) This regulation applies to an assisted pupil in relation to any school year where the relevant income does not exceed £11,466.

(3) Where this regulation applies to an assisted pupil in relation to any school year, the school shall pay uniform grant to his parents of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure (disregarding expenditure in respect of which a previous grant has been paid) incurred in respect of that year as does not exceed–

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

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

(3) In regulation 4–

(a)in paragraph (3), for “£10,427” there shall be substituted “ £10,683”; and

(b)in paragraph (4)–

(i)for “£10,427” there shall be substituted “£10,683”, and

(ii)for “£10,248” there shall be substituted “£10,504”.