2009 No. 176

EDUCATION

The Individual Learning Account (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Education and Training (Scotland) Act 20001 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Individual Learning Account (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and come into force on 30th June 2009.

Amendment of the Individual Learning Account (Scotland) Regulations 20042

In regulation 3(7)(a) (qualifying persons (learning account holders)) of the Individual Learning Account (Scotland) Regulations 20042 for “£18,000” substitute “£22,000”.

FIONA HYSLOPA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Individual Learning Account (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the principal regulations”). The principal regulations make provision for the payment of fee support grants in connection with the education or training of qualifying persons. Regulation 3(7)(a) of the principal regulations sets out an income threshold beyond which a person will not qualify for a fee support grant.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 3(7)(a) of the principal regulations so as to increase the income threshold from £18,000 to £22,000.