Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001

2001 asp 6 · Enacted 3 May 2001 · Extends to Scotland

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the payment by certain persons of the graduate endowment; to make provision in relation to the use of income arising from the graduate endowment for the purposes of the financial support of students; to make further provision as respects financial support for students; and to make provision exempting students from liability for council tax.

The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 29th March 2001 and received Royal Assent on 3rd May 2001

1The graduate endowment Repealed
2Graduate endowment: use of income Repealed
3Financial support for students
4Council tax: students to be exempt from liability
5Short title and commencement

1The graduate endowmentF1

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2Graduate endowment: use of incomeF1

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3Financial support for students

(1)

The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (f) of section 73 (power of Scottish Ministers to pay allowances), for the word “attending” there shall be substituted—

“(i)
undertaking; or
(ii)
who have undertaken”.

(3)

In subsection (2) of section 73B (power to require amounts payable under loans to be paid directly to institutions), for the word “attending” there shall be substituted “ undertaking ”.

(4)

In subsection (1) of section 73D (maximum amounts of certain allowances: application of section), the words “attendance on” are repealed.

4Council tax: students to be exempt from liability

(1)

The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (4) of section 75 (exemption of certain persons from liability to pay council tax)—

(a)

after the word “discount” there shall be inserted “ either ”; and

(b)

after the word “impaired)” there shall be inserted “ or, being a student, by virtue of paragraph 4 of that Schedule ”.

(3)

In subsection (2) of section 77 (exemption of certain spouses from liability to pay council tax)—

(a)

after the word “discount” there shall be inserted “ (a) ”; and

(b)

after the word “impaired)” there shall be inserted

“; or
(b)
being a student, by virtue of paragraph 4 of that Schedule.”.

5Short title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001.

I1(2)

Section 4 of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and any such order may make such transitional or savings provision as appears to the Scottish Ministers to be necessary or expedient.