2000 No. 240

EDUCATION

The Education (Student Loans) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 1(2)(b) and (7) of and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Education (Student Loans) Act 19901 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.

2

These Regulations extend beyond Scotland but do so only as a matter of Scots law2.

Amendment of Regulations

2

The Education (Student Loans) Regulations 19983 shall be amended as follows.

3

In regulation 3(1) there shall be inserted in the appropriate place the following definition–

  • “metropolitan police district” means the areas referred to in section 76 of the London Government Act 19634 as it had effect prior to the substitution by section 323 of the Greater London Authority Act 19995 of subsection (1);

4

At the end of regulation 3(4) there shall be added the following sentence–

  • Without prejudice to the foregoing, members of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown shall be treated as being temporarily employed within the meaning of this paragraph for any period during which they serve outside the United Kingdom and Islands as members of such forces.

5

In regulation 6(1) to (4) for each of the figures in the first column below wherever it appears substitute the corresponding figure in the second column below:

First column

Second Column

£

£

995

1,020

1,605

1,645

1,360

1,395

2,200

2,255

1,295

1,330

1,780

1,825

NICOL STEPHENAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st August 2000, amend the Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1998 (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations govern loans made under the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990, which are mortgage style repayment loans. Such loans are for the most part made to students who began their courses on 1st August 1998. Loans under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, repayable through the tax system, are made to students beginning their courses after 1st August 1998.

The definition of “metropolitan police district” is amended so as to refer to the boundaries as they were prior to their amendment by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (regulation 3).

Regulation 3(4) of the principal Regulations is amended so as to provide expressly that members of the regular armed forces are treated as falling within the temporary employment abroad exemption from the residence conditions in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (regulation 4).

These amending regulations also increase the maximum amounts which may be lent in relation to an academic year in line with inflation (regulation 5).