The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 248

EDUCATION

The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002

Made

21st May 2002

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

27th May 2002

Coming into force

1st August 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st August 2002.

Amendment of St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

2.  Schedule 1 to the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001(2) is amended as follows:–

(a) in sub-paragraphs (3) and (5) of paragraph 10 (references to income) for the sum of “£1,430” in the three places where it occurs substitute “£1,463”;

(b) in paragraph 13 (remission of fees-boarding pupils)–

(i) in sub-paragraph (2) for the sum of “£9,750” substitute “£9,772”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3) for the Table substitute–

“(1)	(2)	(3)
Part of relevant income to which specified percentage applies	Only aided pupil	Each of two aided pupils
That part which exceeds £9,623 but does not exceed £12,161	10%	7.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds £12,161 but does not exceed £17,047	20%	15%
That part (if any) in excess of £17,047	12.5%	7.5%”;

(c) in paragraph 14 (remission of fees-day pupils) for the sums of “£12,040” and “£11,888” substitute “£12,310” and “£12,161” respectively;

(d) in paragraph 18 (clothing grants)–

(i) in sub-paragraph (3)–

(aa) for the sum of “£12,473” substitute “£12,760”; and

(bb) for heads (a) to (d) substitute–

“(a) £195, where the relevant income does not exceed £11,202;

(b) £146, where that income exceeds £11,202 but does not exceed £11,724;

(c) £95, where that income exceeds £11,724 but does not exceed £12,227;

(d) £49, where that income exceeds £12,227 but does not exceed £12,760:”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (4)–

(aa) for the sum of “£11,952” substitute “£12,227”; and

(bb) for heads (a) and (b) substitute–

“(a) £75, where the relevant income does not exceed £11,368;

(b) £39, where that income exceeds £11,368 but does not exceed £12,227.”; and

(e) in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 24 (amount of school travel grants) for the sums of “£11,129” and “£10,950” substitute “£11,385” and “£11,202” respectively.

NICOL STEPHEN

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

21st May 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Regulations amend the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 to uprate, with effect from 1st August 2002, the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the aided places scheme.

The details of the amendments are as follows:–

(a) the deduction from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,430 to £1,463 (regulation 2(a));

(b) the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £9,750 to £9,772 for boarders and from £12,040 to £12,310 for day pupils, with corresponding increases in the extent of fee remission where the relevant income exceeds these sums (regulation 2(b) and (c));

(c) the qualifying income levels for clothing grants and school travel grants are increased (regulation 2(d) and (e)); and

(d) school clothing grants are increased by either £2 or £1, depending on the income level (regulation 2(d)).

(1)

1980 c. 44; section 73(f) was amended by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 29; section 74(1) was amended by the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39), section 82 and Schedule 10, paragraph 8 (17). Section 135(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

S.S.I. 2001/223.