2001 No. 210

EDUCATION

The Education (Student Loans) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2)(b) 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 2001 and shall come into force on 1st August 2001.

2

These Regulations extend beyond Scotland but do so only as a matter of Scots Law2.

Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1998

2

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

3

In regulation 6(1) to (4)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

£

£

1,020

1,045

1,645

1,685

1,395

1,430

2,255

2,310

1,330

1,365

1,825

1,870

4

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 in the definition of “disability related benefits” for “disability working allowance” substitute “disabled person’s tax credit”.

ALASDAIR MORRISONAuthorised 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 2001, 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 before 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 maximum amounts which may be lent in relation to an academic year have been increased in line with inflation (regulation 3).

On 5th October 1999, disability working allowance was replaced by disabled person’s tax credit and the definition of “disability related benefit” in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 has been amended accordingly (regulation 4).