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F11 The graduate endowmentS

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F22 Graduate endowment: use of incomeS

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3 Financial support for studentsS

(1)The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph (f) of section 73 (power of Scottish Ministers to pay allowances), for the word “attending” there shall be substituted—

(i)undertaking; or

(ii)who have undertaken.

(3)In subsection (2) of section 73B (power to require amounts payable under loans to be paid directly to institutions), for the word “attending” there shall be substituted “ undertaking ”.

(4)In subsection (1) of section 73D (maximum amounts of certain allowances: application of section), the words “attendance on” are repealed.

4 Council tax: students to be exempt from liabilityS

(1)The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (4) of section 75 (exemption of certain persons from liability to pay council tax)—

(a)after the word “discount” there shall be inserted “ either ”; and

(b)after the word “impaired)” there shall be inserted “ or, being a student, by virtue of paragraph 4 of that Schedule ”.

(3)In subsection (2) of section 77 (exemption of certain spouses from liability to pay council tax)—

(a)after the word “discount” there shall be inserted “ (a) ”; and

(b)after the word “impaired)” there shall be inserted ; or

(b)being a student, by virtue of paragraph 4 of that Schedule..

5 Short title and commencementS

(1)This Act may be cited as the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001.

(2)Section 4 of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and any such order may make such transitional or savings provision as appears to the Scottish Ministers to be necessary or expedient.

Commencement Information

I1S. 5(2) power exercised: 1.6.2001 appointed by S.S.I. 2001/191, art. 2