The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 214

EDUCATION

The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008

Made

30th May 2008

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

4th June 2008

Coming into force

1st August 2008

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 73(f) and 74(l) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st August 2008.

Amendment of St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

2.  Schedule 1 to the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001(2) is amended as follows:–

(a) in paragraph 10(3) and (5) (references to income) for the sum of “£1,675” in the three places where it occurs substitute “£1,745”;

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

(i) in sub paragraph (2) for the sum of “£11,163” substitute “£11,632”; and

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

“(1)	(2)	(3)
Part of relevant income to which specified percentage applies	Only aided pupil	Each of two aided pupils
That part which exceeds £11,452 but does not exceed £14,477	10%	7.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds £14,477 but does not exceed £20,293	20%	15%
That part (if any) in excess of £20,293	12.5%	7.5%”;

(c) in paragraph 14 (remission of fees-day pupils)–

(i) in sub paragraph (2) for the sum of “£14,064” substitute “£14,655”; and

(ii) in sub paragraph (3) for the sum of “£13,893” substitute “£14,477”;

(d) in paragraph 18 (clothing grants)–

(i) in sub paragraph (3)–

(aa) for the sum of “£14,576” substitute “£15,188”; and

(bb) for paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute–

“(a) £231, where the relevant income does not exceed £13,334;

(b) £173, where that income exceeds £13,334 but does not exceed £13,957;

(c) £114, where that income exceeds £13,957 but does not exceed £14,554;

(d) £57, where that income exceeds £14,554 but does not exceed £15,188:”; and

(ii) in sub paragraph (4)–

(aa) for the sum of “£13,967” substitute “£14,554”; and

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

“(a) £90, where the relevant income does not exceed £13,530;

(b) £47, where that income exceeds £13,530 but does not exceed £14,554.”; and

(e) in sub paragraph (1) of paragraph 24 (amount of school travel grants) for the sums of “£13,006” and “£12,797” substitute “£13,552” and “£13,334” respectively.

FIONA HYSLOP

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

30th May 2008

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 to uprate, with effect from 1st August 2008, the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the aided places scheme.

The details of the amendments are as follows:–

(a) the deduction from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,675 to £1,745 (regulation 2(a));

(b) the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £11,163 to £11,632 for boarders and from £14,064 to £14,655 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 clothing grants and school travel grants are increased (regulation 2(d) and (e)); and

(d) school clothing grants are increased by either £2 or £4, depending on the income level (regulation 2(d)(ii)).

(1)

1980 c. 44; section 73(f) was amended by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 29 and by the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 6), section 3(2); section 74(1) was amended by the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39), section 82 and Schedule 10, paragraph 8(17). Section 135(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

S.S.I. 2001/223, as amended by S.S.I. 2002/248, 2003/280, 2004/238, 2005/269, 2006/318 and 2007/115.