{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assisted-places-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assisted-places-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2001/222",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assisted-places-scotland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Remission of charges for field study courses",
  "text": "(1) In this regulation a “field study course” means a course of field study (provided by a participating school or otherwise) which forms part of a course of school education at the school for any examination conducted by the Scottish Qualifications Authority or other examinations comparable thereto, being examinations in–\n(a) biology;\n(b) botany;\n(c) geography;\n(d) geology;\n(e) zoology; or\n(f) any other subject approved for the purposes hereof by the Scottish Ministers\nand a reference to a relevant public examination shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) Charges which a participating school would otherwise make in respect of the participation in a field study course of an assisted pupil while holding an assisted place at that school shall be remitted in accordance with this regulation.\n(3) The remission of charges mentioned in paragraph (2) shall be made if, and only if, the pupil in respect of whom remission is to be made–\n(a) is a candidate or prospective candidate for a relevant public examination; and\n(b) their parents are entitled in accordance with Part III of these Regulations to remission of fees in whole or in part for the school year in which the course is held.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/222/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:46:15.109905+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}