Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
6th August 2002
Laid before Parliament
9th August 2002
Coming into force
1st September 2002
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 22, 42(6) and 43(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(1), hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st September 2002.
2. The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002(2) shall be amended in accordance with these Regulations.
3.—(1) Regulation 12 shall be amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (3)(e)(i) substitute—
“(i)a Health Authority or a Strategic Health Authority established pursuant to section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977(3) or a Special Health Authority established pursuant to section 11 of that Act(4);”
4. In regulation 20(12) after “regulation 12(2)(a)” insert “or 2 (b)”.
David Miliband
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
6th August 2002
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002.
The amendment to regulation 12(3)(e)(i) refers to the new Health Authorities and Strategic Health Authorities established under the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002.
The amendment to regulation 20(12) provides that students undertaking courses leading to a qualification in a healthcare profession (other than a medical doctor or dentist) who are entitled to means tested benefits under sections 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 shall not be eligible for grants for living costs under regulation 12.
1998 c. 30; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), section 146.
1997 c. 49; section 8 was substituted by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), section 1(1) and the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), Section 1.
Section 11 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 1, paragraph 31, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 10 and the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 2.