The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997 (“the principal Regulations”) in respect of a school year beginning on or after 1st September 1998.

Drafting improvements are made to regulations 4, 6 and 19 of the principal Regulations in order to clarify the manner of determination of the maximum level of fees to be charged in respect of an assisted pupil who moves to a new school after his existing school merges, closes or ceases to provide assisted places (regulations 3, 5 and 9).

Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is revoked (regulation 4).

The reductions to be made in relevant income in respect of dependent relatives pursuant to regulation 10(4) and (6) of the principal Regulations are increased from £1,230 to £1,265 (regulation 6).

Drafting improvements are made to regulations 11 and 16 of the principal Regulations (regulations 7 and 8).

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 £10,414 instead of £10,135, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum (regulations 10 and 11).