Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1985 in respect of a school year beginning on or after 1st September 1987.

The deduction for dependent children and relatives which is to be made from relevant income has been increased from £900 to £950 (regulation 2).

References to the relevant income tax legislation in Schedule 1 to the 1985 Regulations, as amended by the 1986 Regulations, are updated, so as to discount deductions from total income of donations under a payroll deduction scheme and reinvested dividend income under personal equity plans (regulation 3).

The means test for the remission of fees is relaxed and the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is set at £6,972 in place of the present £6,806 with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum (regulation 4).