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131.—(1) Every Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school to which this Article applies and [F1the Authority] shall determine and keep under review a policy with respect to the provision of, and the classes or descriptions of case in which it proposes to make charges for, any optional extra or board and lodging in respect of which charges are permitted by Article 130.
(2) No such Board of Governors or board shall make such a charge unless it has both—
(a)determined a policy under paragraph (1) with respect to the making of such charges (its “charging policy”); and
(b)determined a policy (its “remissions policy”)—
(i)setting out any circumstances in which it proposes to remit (in whole or in part) any charge which would otherwise be payable to it in accordance with its charging policy; and
(ii)in the case of such a policy determined by the Board of Governors, setting out also any circumstances in which the Board of Governors proposes to meet (in whole or in part) any charge payable to [F1the Authority] in accordance with [F2the Authority's] charging policy for any optional extra or board and lodging provided for a registered pupil at the school.
(3) Any remissions policy determined by the Board of Governors of a school or by [F1the Authority] shall provide for complete remission of any charges otherwise payable in respect of board and lodging provided for a pupil on a residential trip if—
(a)the education provided on the trip is education in respect of which by virtue of Article 128 no charge may be made; and
(b)his parents are in receipt of income support [F3, any element of child tax credit other than the family element, working tax credit] [F4, an income-based jobseeker's allowance (payable under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995)] [F5an income-related employment and support allowance (payable under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007) or universal credit in such circumstances as may be prescribed for the purposes of this sub-paragraph] F6. . . in respect of any period wholly or partly comprised in the time spent on the trip.
(4) Any such Board of Governors or board shall keep under review any remissions policy determined by it under this Article.
(5) In this Article “optional extra” has the same meaning as in Article 130.
F1Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F2Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F4Words in art. 131(3)(b) substituted (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 28(1), 60(1), Sch. 3 para.1; S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. 2
F5Words in art. 131(3)(b) substituted (27.9.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 1; S.R. 2017/190, art. 4(1)(2)(g)(i)
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