Regulation 9 Regulation 19 of the principal Regulations

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.”.