Regulation 6 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 £8,078 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed—

(a)

£123, where the relevant income does not exceed £7,090;

(b)

£93, where that income exceeds £7,090 but does not exceed £7,422;

(c)

£61, where that income exceeds £7,422 but does not exceed £7,741;

(d)

£31, where that income exceeds £7,741 but does not exceed £8,078. 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 £7,741 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)

£46, where the relevant income does not exceed £7,269;

(b)

£23, where that income exceeds £7,269 but does not exceed £7,741.”.