# The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 1995, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations consolidate, with amendments, the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 which, with Regulations amending them, are revoked by regulation 31. These Regulations come into force on 1st August 1995.
The Regulations relate to the scheme for assisted places at independent schools which was required to be established under section 75A of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980. The Regulations which they supersede have been reviewed by the Secretary of State in consultation with bodies representing participating schools, in accordance with section 75A(11) of the 1980 Act. Changes of substance are described below.
Part I makes general provision for citation and commencement and interpretation.
Part II deals with eligibility for assisted places and includes conditions as to residence, age and education and income.
Part III deals with the remission of fees. The extent of the remission is determined by reference to relevant income and the deduction for each dependent child and relative which is made from the relevant income has been increased from £1,150 to £1,165 (regulation 9). The level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £9,616 to £9,711 (regulation 13) with corresponding increases in the income scales to determine the parental contribution to fees (Schedule 2).
Part IV deals with the incidental expenses of pupils holding assisted places and provides for making grants towards expenditure on travel (regulations 15 and 16) and clothing (regulation 17) and for remission of charges for meals (regulation 18) and certain field study courses (regulation 20). The following are changes of substance in Part IV:—
(a) school travel grant is paid in full where relevant income does not exceed £9,724 (formerly £9,629) and scaled down where relevant income exceeds that figure; and
(b) the limit of relevant income for clothing grant in the first year is raised from £10,765 to £10,873, with corresponding increases in the maximum amount of grant payable where relevant income is below that figure, varying from £166 to £41 (formerly £165 to £41); and in subsequent years from £10,314 to £10,417, with maximum grants remaining at £62 and £30.
Part V deals with reimbursement claims and conditions of payment and Part VI with requirements as to the supply of information and fees and with other miscellaneous matters.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1713/note (the official version)
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