Title, commencement and application
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 and they come into force on 19 March 2008.
(2) Regulation 3 applies in relation to Wales in respect of a relevant question.
(3) In paragraph (2) above, a “relevant question” means a question under the Education (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1997(1) as to whether the parents of an assisted pupil are entitled to a uniform grant under Part II, or a travel grant under Part III, of those Regulations and which—
(a)arises in respect of a school year beginning on or after 1 September 2007; and
(b)has not been determined at the date on which these Regulations come into force.
Amendment of the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2006
2. At the end of paragraph (3) of regulation 1 of the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2006(2), there is inserted “provided that the question is not one referred to in paragraph (3) of regulation 1 of the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008”.
Amendment of the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1997
3.—(1) The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1997 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2—
(a)in paragraph (2), substitute “£13,861” for “£13,431”;
(b)in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
“(a)£86 where the relevant income does not exceed £12,864; and
(b)£44 where that income exceeds £12,864, but does not exceed £13,861.”.
(3) In regulation 4—
(a)in paragraph (3), substitute “£12,877” for “£12,483”; and
(b)in paragraph (4) substitute—
(i)“£12,877” for “£12,483”; and
(ii)“£12,698” for “£12,304”.
Jane Hutt
Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers
26 February 2008