Regulation 5 Conditions as to age
It shall be a condition that the child—
either shall have attained the age of 11 years or, in the case of a child who, if selected for an assisted place, would be provided with education with pupils the generality of whom would have attained that age, be of such age that he will have attained the age of 11 years before 1St August next following the beginning of his first assisted year, and
subject to paragraph (2), shall be of such age that he will, on 31st August in the calendar year in which his first assisted year begins, be of an age specified in the participation agreement as a normal age of entry to the school or will attain that age before 1st August next following the beginning of his first assisted year.
Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply in the case of a child who, if selected for an assisted place, will be provided with education in the same class as assisted pupils who were admitted to the school in an earlier school year, or in the case of such a child as is mentioned in Regulation 6(1).