The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1987

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations for the definition of “child” there shall be substituted the following:—

• ““child” includes a step-child and a child adopted in pursuance of adoption proceedings (and “father” and “mother” shall be construed accordingly) and, notwithstanding the definition in section 135(1) of the Act, includes a person who is over school age but has not attained the age of 20 years at the commencement of any school year of the school;”.

In paragraph (2) of that regulation—

In paragraph (2) of regulation 14 of the principal Regulations for the sum of “£5,859” there shall be substituted the sum of “£6,002” .

In paragraph (3) of that regulation for the Table there shall be substituted the following:—

“

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)
Part of relevant income to which specified percentage applies	Only aided pupil	Each of two aided pupils
That part which exceeds £5,853 but does not exceed £7,390	10%	7.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds £7,390 but does not exceed £10,383	20%	15.0%
That part (if any) in excess of £10,383	10%	7.5%

”.

In paragraph (2) of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations for the sum of “£7,359” there shall be substituted the sum of “£7,539” .

In paragraph (3) of that regulation for the sum of “£7,210” there shall be substituted the sum of “£7,390” .

For paragraph (3) of regulation 19 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(3)

Unless an aided pupil has been a pupil at the school before taking up an aided place, in a pupil’s first year at the school clothing grant shall be payable in the case of an aided pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £7,752 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed—

(a)

£118, where the relevant income does not exceed £6,804;

(b)

£89, where that income exceeds £6,804 but does not exceed £7,123;

(c)

£59, where that income exceeds £7,123 but does not exceed £7,429;

(d)

£30, where that income exceeds £7,429 but does not exceed £7,752.

Provided that any clothing grant which would fall to be paid in pursuance of this paragraph in a pupil’s first aided year at the school may be paid during the two months immediately preceding that year.”.

For paragraph (4) of that regulation there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(4)

Except where paragraph (3) applies, clothing grant shall be payable in the case of an aided pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £7,429 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure (disregarding expenditure in respect of which a previous grant has been paid) as does not exceed—

(a)

£44, where the relevant income does not exceed £6,976,

(b)

£22, where that income exceeds £6,976 but does not exceed £7,429.”.

in sub-paragraph (a) for the sum of “£6,819” there shall be substituted the sum of “£6,985” ; and

in sub-paragraph (b) for the sum of “£6,638” there shall be substituted the sum of “£6,804” .

at the end of sub-paragraph (h) the word “or” shall be deleted;

after sub-paragraph (i) there shall be inserted—

“(j)

in pursuance of section 27 of the Finance Act 1986^f1 (relief for donations under payroll deduction scheme); or

(k)

in pursuance of regulations made under Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 1986 (relief for investments under personal equity plans),”.