Regulation 9

A new paragraph 24 shall be inserted in the Aided Pupil Scheme as follows—

“Remission of charges for field study courses

24

(1)

In this paragraph a field study course means a course of field study (provided by the school or otherwise) which forms part of a normal course of study at a school for the examinations for the General Certificate of Secondary Education, the ordinary or advanced level examinations for the General Certificate of Education or other examinations comparable to any of them, being examinations in—

(a)

biology;

(b)

botany;

(c)

geography;

(d)

geology;

(e)

zoology, or

(f)

any other subject approved for the purposes hereof by the Secretary of State;

and a reference to a relevant examination shall be construed accordingly.

(2)

A school shall remit the whole of any charges they would otherwise make in respect of the participation in a field study course of an aided pupil if—

(a)

he is a candidate or a prospective candidate for a relevant examination, and

(b)

his parents are entitled, under paragraph 13 or 14, to remission of fees, in whole or in part, for the school year in which the course is held.”