# The Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations consolidate, with amendments, the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1985 which, with regulations amending them, are revoked by Regulation 24(1). They come into force on 12th August 1989 and apply in relation to a school year beginning on or after that date (Regulation 1). Changes of substance were described below.
The Regulations relate to the scheme for assisted places at independent schools which was required to be established by section 17 of the Education Act 1980. The Regulations which they supersede have been reviewed by the Secretary of State, in consultation with bodies representing participating schools, as required by section 17(9) of the 1980 Act.
Part II of the Regulations deals with eligibility for assisted places.
In Part III, dealing with remission of fees, Regulation 11 has been amended to increase from £950 to £1,000 the deduction for dependent children and relatives which is to be made from “relevant income” (as defined in that Regulation).
However, where another child of the parents is the holder of a specified award paid by a local education authority in England or Wales, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Department of Education for Northern Ireland or an education and library board in Northern Ireland to enable that child to attend a course of further or higher education and the award has been reduced by a sum exceeding £1,000 on account of the assumed parental contribution to that child’s resources, that sum is to be deducted instead (Regulation 11(2) and (4)).
Parts IV and V (administrative arrangements and miscellaneous requirements) are unchanged.
Schedule 1 deals with computation of a person’s income by reference to his “total income” (as defined in Regulation 11). Where a person’s income includes a maintenance payment (as defined in Schedule 1, paragraph 5(3)), his income is to be computed as if that income were part of his total income, whether or not it would be included in his total income for tax purposes. Where a person makes such a maintenance payment, his income is to be computed as if such payment were not part of his total income, whether or not it would be deductible for tax purposes. (Schedule 1, paragraph 5.)
The extent of remission is determined by reference to relevant income, and the scales of remission, now set out in Schedule 2, have been amended. The level of relevant income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £7,258 to £7,584, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum (Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1235/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-assisted-places-regulations-1989/note
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