Regulation 6 Regulation 17 of the principal Regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 17 of the principal Regulations (clothing grants) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

“(2)

In an assisted pupil’s first assisted year, clothing grant shall be made in the case of such a pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £9,151 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed–

(a)

£140, where the relevant income does not exceed £8,034;

(b)

£105, where that income exceeds £8,034 but does not exceed £8,407;

(c)

£69, where that income exceeds £8,407 but does not exceed £8,769;

(d)

£35, where that income exceeds £8,769 but does not exceed £9,151.”.

For paragraph (3) of that regulation there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

“(3)

In any subsequent school year in which clothing grant is made, it shall be made in the case of an assisted pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £8,769 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure (disregarding expenditure in respect of which a previous grant has been paid) as does not exceed–

(a)

£52, where the relevant income does not exceed £8,234;

(b)

£26, where that income exceeds £8,234 but does not exceed £8,769.”.