5.—(1) It is a condition of eligibility that when applying for an aided place an applicant must provide the school with—
(a)such information as the Scottish Ministers may require; and
(b)either—
(i)a declaration of relevant income for the financial year immediately preceding the school year in relation to which an application for fee remission is made; or
(ii)if it is not reasonably practicable to provide such a declaration, a declaration of relevant income for the previous financial year and a declaration of estimated relevant income for the financial year referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i).
(2) The school may only admit a child to an aided place if the fees for the child’s first aided year fall to be remitted in whole or in part under Part 2 of Schedule 1.
(3) For the purposes of this Scheme, a child is to be treated as having parents with no income if—
(a)the child is looked after by a local authority under section 17 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995(1); and
(b)the child has no other parent or the whereabouts of any other parent are unknown.
1995 c.36. Section 17 was amended by paragraph 9(4)(b) of schedule 2 to the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4); paragraph 2(4) of schedule 5 to the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1); and S.S.I. 2013/211.