Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1989 in respect of a school year beginning on or after 28th August 1992.

Redundant wording relating to the grant of asylum in circumstances where this is no longer done has been removed (regulation 2).

Provisions in regulations 7(3) and 12(2) of the 1989 Regulations relating to fees required to be paid in pursuance of an order of a court are extended to cover fees required to be paid in pursuance of a deed of separation (regulations 3 and 5).

The reductions to be made in relevant income in respect of dependent relatives pursuant to regulation 11(3) and (4) of the 1989 Regulations are increased so that the minimum reduction is now set at £1,105 in place of £1,065 (regulation 4).

References to the relevant income tax legislation in Schedule 1 to the 1989 Regulations are updated so as to discount deductions from total income allowed on fees for vocational training (regulation 6).

The means test for the remission of fees is relaxed; the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is set at £9,056 instead of £8,714 with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum (regulation 7(1) and (2)).

Parents' residual liability for fees may now be reduced or extinguished by a bursary or scholarship awarded by the school (regulation 7(3)).