The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1997

PART VI Miscellaneous provisions

Determination of grant entitlement under Parts II and III

11.—(1) Paragraph (2) shall have effect for the purposes of determining questions as to whether or not the parents of an assisted pupil are entitled in or for any school year to—

(a) uniform grant under Part II, or

(b) travel grant under Part III,

and, if they are so entitled, the amount of such grant.

(2) Regulations 9, 10, 12, 13, 14(1) and 15 of the principal Regulations and Schedule 1 thereto shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as if any reference therein—

(a) to the remission of fees, were a reference to the payment of a grant mentioned in paragraph (1), and

(b) to remission questions were a reference to the questions so mentioned.

Restriction on payment of grant and remission of charges

12.—(1) This paragraph applies to an assisted pupil attending a school—

(a) at which he was a registered pupil in the 1996—97 school year, but

(b) at which he did not hold an assisted place for the purposes of the assisted places scheme at any time during that year.

(2) In the case of a pupil to whom paragraph (1) applies—

(a) no grant (except grant paid in accordance with regulation 2(4) or 4(5)) shall be paid to his parents under Part II or III in respect of expenditure incurred before the date on which he was first provided with an assisted place under section 2(1) of the 1997 Act, and

(b) no charges incurred before that date shall be remitted under Part IV or V.

(3) The parents of an assisted pupil shall not be entitled to—

(a) any grant under Part II or III in respect of expenditure incurred in, or relating to, any period in respect of which they are, by virtue of regulation 11(1) or (2) of the principal Regulations, not entitled to any remission of fees; or

(b) remission of charges under Part IV or V for which they are liable in respect of such a period.

Reimbursement of schools

13.—(1) The Secretary of State shall reimburse a school the aggregate amount of all grant paid or charges remitted in accordance with these Regulations.

(2) Regulations 17 and 18(3) to (5) of the principal Regulations shall apply for the purposes of this regulation as if any reference therein to fees remitted were a reference to grant paid or charges remitted in accordance with these Regulations.

Time limits and forms

14.  The Secretary of State may specify for the purposes of these Regulations the time by which, and the manner and form in which, the parents of an assisted pupil are—

(a) to apply to a school for payment of grant or remission of charges, and

(b) to furnish a school with the information requisite for determining whether they are entitled to any payment of grant or remission of charges.