- Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1504
The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) Regulations 1999
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| Made | 27th May 1999 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 3rd June 1999 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st September 1999 |
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 3(1), (2), (5) and (9) of the Education (Schools) Act 1997[1] and after consulting, in accordance with section 3(7) of that Act, such bodies as appear to them to be appropriate and representative of schools which provide assisted places under section 2(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:-
Citation, commencement and application
1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) Regulations 1999, and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
(2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to a school year beginning on or after the date mentioned in paragraph (1).
Amendment of the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997
2. - (1) The Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997[2] shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 10(4) and (6), for "£1,265" in each place where it appears there shall be substituted "£1,300".
(3) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, for "£10,414" there shall be substituted "£10,670".
(4) For the table following paragraph 2(1) 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 (if any) which exceeds £10,504 but does not exceed £11,423 | 9 | 6.75 | 5.25 |
| That part (if any) which exceeds £11,423 but does not exceed £12,354 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| That part (if any) which exceeds £12,354 but does not exceed £14,204 | 15 | 11·25 | 8·75 |
| That part (if any) which exceeds £14,204 but does not exceed £17,055 | 21 | 15·75 | 12·25 |
| That part (if any) which exceeds £17,055 but does not exceed £20,771 | 24 | 18 | 14 |
| That part (if any) which exceeds £20,771 | 33 | 24·75 | 19·25". |
Charles Clarke
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment
25th May 1999
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
27th May 1999
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997 in respect of a school year beginning on or after 1st September 1999.
The reductions to be made in relevant income in respect of dependent relatives pursuant to regulation 10(4) and (6) of the 1997 Regulations are increased from £1,265 to £1,300.
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 £10,670 instead of £10,414, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum.
Notes:
[1] 1997 c. 59. Section 3 was amended, with effect from 24th July 1998, by section 130 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.back
[2] S.I. 1997/1968, amended by S.I. 1998/1726 and S.I. 1998/1966.back
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