# The Education (Student Loans) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000

S.S.I. 2000/240 · made 18 July 2000

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st August 2000, amend the Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1998 (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations govern loans made under the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990, which are mortgage style repayment loans. Such loans are for the most part made to students who began their courses on 1st August 1998. Loans under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, repayable through the tax system, are made to students beginning their courses after 1st August 1998.

Made under: Education (Student Loans) Act 1990 (repealed 13.8.1998) (Section 1, Schedule 2 paragraph 1)

## Introductory text

EDUCATION
Made 18th July 2000
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 21st July 2000
Coming into force 1st August 2000
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 1(2)(b) and (7) of and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.
(2) These Regulations extend beyond Scotland but do so only as a matter of Scots law.

## 2 Amendment of Regulations

The Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows.

## 3 Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 3(1) there shall be inserted in the appropriate place the following definition–
““metropolitan police district” means the areas referred to in section 76 of the London Government Act 1963 as it had effect prior to the substitution by section 323 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 of subsection (1);”.

## 4 Amendment of Regulations

At the end of regulation 3(4) there shall be added the following sentence–
“Without prejudice to the foregoing, members of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown shall be treated as being temporarily employed within the meaning of this paragraph for any period during which they serve outside the United Kingdom and Islands as members of such forces.”

## 5 Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 6(1) to (4) for each of the figures in the first column below wherever it appears substitute the corresponding figure in the second column below:
First column
Second Column
£
£
995
1,020
1,605
1,645
1,360
1,395
2,200
2,255
1,295
1,330
1,780
1,825

## Signature

NICOL STEPHEN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
18th July 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which come into force on 1st August 2000, amend the Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1998 (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations govern loans made under the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990, which are mortgage style repayment loans. Such loans are for the most part made to students who began their courses on 1st August 1998. Loans under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, repayable through the tax system, are made to students beginning their courses after 1st August 1998.
The definition of “metropolitan police district” is amended so as to refer to the boundaries as they were prior to their amendment by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (regulation 3).
Regulation 3(4) of the principal Regulations is amended so as to provide expressly that members of the regular armed forces are treated as falling within the temporary employment abroad exemption from the residence conditions in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (regulation 4).
These amending regulations also increase the maximum amounts which may be lent in relation to an academic year in line with inflation (regulation 5).

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