# The Educational Development, Research and Services (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations enable the Scottish Ministers to pay grants inrespect of expenditure incurred for or in connection with the progressivedevelopment of any branch of education, the conduct of educational researchand the publication of reports on it, or the provision of educationalservices of an administrative, advisory, informatory, organising ortraining character.
The Regulations replace the Educational Development, Research andServices (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1946. The main changes of substanceare that education authorities, who were excluded from receiving grantunder the 1946 Regulations, are now included and also the approvedexpenditure has been extended to include the provision of educationalservices of an administrative, informatory and training character.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/1999/65/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/educational-development-research-and-services-scotland-grant-regulations-1999/note
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