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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assisted-places-incidental-expenses-amendment-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2035",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assisted-places-incidental-expenses-amendment-regulations-1996",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 in respect of a school year beginning on or after 25th August 1996.\nThe means tests (set out in regulations 3 and 5 of the 1995 Regulations) for uniform and travel grants are relaxed and the amount of grant payable increased (regulations 3 and 4).\nThe walking distance between home and school above which travel grant becomes payable to the parents of weekly boarding and day pupils (set out in regulations 7 and 8 of the 1995 Regulations) is reduced to 3.2 kilometres in relation to pupils under the age of 8 years (regulation 5).\nTheatre studies and modern languages at advanced level are added to the list of subjects in respect of which a school is required (under regulation 11 of the 1995 Regulations) to remit its charges as regards the participation in field study courses of certain assisted pupils (regulation 6).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2035/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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