Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1985. They come into force on 1st August 1988 and apply to a school year beginning on or after that date (regulation 1).
The means tests for uniform grants and school travel grants are relaxed (regulations 2 and 3). Remission of one half of charges for meals where parents' income does not exceed £5,917 is removed; the whole of such charges are to be remitted where parents are in receipt of income support (regulation 4).