Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1807 (S.149)

The St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1996

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1996 No. 1807 (S.149)

EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1996

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 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 1996 and shall come into force on 1st August 1996.

Amendment of St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995
    2.    After regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995^[2] add-
"  (1A)  In these Regulations references to imperial measurements are supplementary indications of distance." .

    3.    Schedule 1 to the St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995 is hereby amended as follows:-
 (a) in paragraph 10 (references to income) for the words "£1,165" in the three places where they occur, substitute "£1,200";
 (b) in paragraph 13 (remission of fees - boarding pupils) for the words in column (1) below, substitute the words in relation thereto in column (2)-

(1)	(2)
"£8,357"	"£8,498"
"£8,208"	"£8,349"
"£10,363" in both places where they occur	"£10,538"
"£14,561" in both places where they occur	"£14,808"
"10%" where they occur for the second time	"121/2%"

 (c) in paragraph 14 (remission of fees - day pupils) for the words "£10,512" and "£10,363" substitute "£10,687" and "£10,538" respectively;
 (d) in paragraph 18 (clothing grants) for sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) substitute-
"  (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 £11,056 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed-
(a) £169, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,707;

(b) £127, where that income exceeds £9,707 but does not exceed £10,159;

(c) £83, where that income exceeds £10,159 but does not exceed £10,595;

(d) £43, where that income exceeds £10,595 but does not exceed £11,056:


  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.

    (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 £10,595 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) £63, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,873;

(b) £33, where that income exceeds £9,873 but does not exceed £10,595." ;

 (e) in paragraph 21(2) for the words "three miles" substitute "4.8 kilometres (3 miles)";
 (f) in paragraph 22(2)-
 (i) for the words "three miles" substitute "4.8 kilometres (3 miles)";
 (ii) for the words "twenty-five miles" in both places where they occur substitute "40.2 kilometres (25 miles)"; and
 (iii) for the words "miles of" substitute "kilometres (miles) of"; and
 (g) in paragraph 24 (amount of school travel grants) for the words "£9,724" and "£9,545" substitute "£9,886" and "£9,707" respectively.

Raymond S Robertson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

9th July 1996

These Regulations amend the St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995 to amend the amount deducted from income in calculating relevant income, to increase the amounts of relevant income which qualify for remission of fees and charges and for making clothing and travel grants and to increase the amounts of clothing grants, in the aided places scheme. Details are as follows:-
  the deduction from income for dependent children and relatives which is to be made in calculating relevant income has been increased from £1,165 to £1,200 (regulation 3(a));

  the amount of relevant income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £8,357 to £8,498 for boarders and from £10,512 to £10,687 for day pupils, with corresponding increases in the amounts of relevant income for partial remission of fees where the relevant income exceeds those sums (regulation 3(b) and (c));

  the amounts of relevant income in respect of school clothing grants and travel grants are increased (regulation 3(d) and (g)); and

  school clothing grants are increased by amounts varying from £1 to £3 (regulation 3(d)).

Regulation 3(e) and (f) substitute metric measurements for imperial measurements with the latter used as supplementary indications of distance (regulation 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). back

[2] S.I. 1995/1712. back