The Education (Grants) (Music and Ballet Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 27th August 1993 amend the Education (Grants) (Music and Ballet Schools) Regulations 1989.

The Choir schools at King’s School, Ely and Wells Cathedral are included in the choir schools specified by regulation 8D(1)(a) of the 1989 Regulations (regulation 2).

The reductions to be made in relevant income in respect of dependent relatives pursuant to paragraph 8(3) and (4) of the Aided Pupil Scheme are increased to so that the minimum reduction is now set at £1,125 instead of £1,105 (regulation 3).

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 £7,940 instead of £7,795 in respect of boarding pupils and £9,983 instead of £9,800 in respect of day pupils, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum (regulations 4 and 5). The means tests for uniform grants and school travel grants have also been relaxed (regulations 6 and 7).

References to the relevant income tax legislation in the Appendix to the Aided Pupil Scheme are updated so as to discount relief for letting furnished accommodation in owner occupied homes (regulation 8). The Aided Pupil Scheme has also been amended to update the references to the legislation relating to the adoption and fostering of children (regulation 9) and so that maintenance payments made under any arrangement by the Child Support Agency are deducted from the income of the person making the payments and included in the income of the person receiving them (regulation 10).