1991 No. 2943
The Education Support Grants (Amendment) Regulations 1991
Made
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 1 and 3(4) of the Education (Grants and Awards) Act 19841, and after consulting, in accordance with section 3(5) of that Act, such bodies representing local education authorities as appear to them to be appropriate, the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before Parliament pursuant to section 3(2) of that Act and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:–
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education Support Grants (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Amendments to the Education Support Grants Regulations 19902
The Education Support Grants Regulations 19902 shall be amended as follows–
1
In paragraph (2) of regulation 5 (rate of grant) the words “2 or” shall be deleted.
2
In regulation 6(5)(b) (conditions for payment of grant) for the words “an unqualified certificate” there shall be substituted the words “a certificate”.
3
In the Schedule (purposes for or in connection with which grants are payable)–
a
items 2, 4(a) and (d), 6 and 18 shall be deleted; and
b
there shall be inserted the following items–
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Facilitating access to courses of higher education by persons of the age of 19 years and above living in urban areas of special social need.
30
.The provision of support for initiatives to raise standards in schools in urban areas of special social need.
31
.Promoting co-operation in the education of pupils who are both blind and deaf between education authorities, schools and other interested bodies.
32
Helping schools to offer courses leading to vocational qualifications to pupils of the age of 16 years and above.
Transitional provisions3
Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent the Secretary of State making payments of grant in respect of approved expenditure incurred on or before 31st March 1992 for the purposes described in items 2, 4(a) or (d), 6 or 18 of the Schedule to the Education Support Grants Regulations 1990 which are revoked by this Order, and grant in respect of approved expenditure incurred in respect of item 2 in the said Schedule shall continue to be payable at the rate of 50 per cent. of such expenditure.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)