# The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001, Regulation 5: Conditions as to age and education


(1) It shall be a condition that the child shall have attained the age of 5 years before 1st March of the calendar year immediately succeeding the calendar year in which their first assisted year commences.
(2) A participating school shall not admit to an assisted place a child in relation to whom it is not satisfied that the child will be committed throughout the whole of his first assisted year and any subsequent assisted year to follow a course of school education other than activities in nursery schools and nursery classes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/222/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-assisted-places-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-5
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