Explanatory note

These Regulations, which come into force on 7th November 2000, amend the Mandatory Awards Regulations 2000. Paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 to the Mandatory Awards Regulations 2000 is amended so that grant may be paid in respect of a dependent child who attends a city academy (regulation 3). Paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 3 to the Mandatory Awards Regulations 2000 is amended to extend the disregard of grants to students to facilitate teacher training, in calculating their income, to payments in respect of such training by institutions which receive funding under section 65(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (regulation 4).