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The Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011

S.S.I. 2011/261 · Made 26 May 2011

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Education

Made 26th May 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 1st June 2011

Coming into force 1st August 2011

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 73(f) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1980 c.44; section 73(f) was amended by section 29(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c.30) and by section 3(2) of the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 6). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st August 2011.

2Amendment of the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007

(1)

The Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3—

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “Scotland” substitute “the United Kingdom and Islands”; and

(b)

in paragraph (3), for “2004” substitute “2008”.

(3)

In Schedule 1, for “the United Kingdom and Islands” where it occurs in the following paragraphs substitute “Scotland”—

(a)

paragraph 1(a);

(b)

paragraph 2(1)(c);

(c)

paragraph 3(1)(c);

(d)

paragraph 7(c);

(e)

paragraph 8(b); and

(f)

paragraph 9(c).

(4)

In paragraph 1(1) and (2) of Schedule 2, for “the United Kingdom and Islands” in each place where it occurs substitute “Scotland”.

Signature

MICHAEL W RUSSELL

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

26th May 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”). The amendments have the effect of (a) removing the restriction that the allowance can only be paid for a course of education undertaken in Scotland, (b) changing certain residence requirements so that eligibility depends on being resident in Scotland on the qualifying date and (c) amending the age qualification so that the person receiving the allowance must have attained the age of 16 on or after 1st March 2008. “Qualifying date” is defined in regulation 2 of the 2007 Regulations.