{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-marys-music-school-aided-places-regulations-1995/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-marys-music-school-aided-places-regulations-1995/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1712",
  "legislation_title": "The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-marys-music-school-aided-places-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—\n“the Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;\n“aided place” means any place at the school, in respect of which place fees are to be remitted in accordance with the Scheme;\n“aided pupil” means any child who has been admitted or is about to be admitted to an aided place;\n“allowance” means an allowance payable by the Secretary of State in terms of these Regulations;\n“chorister” means a child who attends the school wholly or mainly in connection with singing in St Mary’s Cathedral Choir;\n“fees” means—\n(a) tuition and other fees the payment of which is a condition of attendance at the school; and\n(b) fees for public examinations paid by the school in respect of candidates from the school;\n“Scheme” means the Scheme for Aided Places at St Mary’s Music School set out in Schedule 1;\n“school” means St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh and references to the school include references to the managers thereof and persons acting with their authority; and\n“school year” means a period of 12 months commencing on 1st August of any year.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation of, or Schedule to, these Regulations bearing that number and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1807",
      "affecting_title": "The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1712/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:06:17.036683+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}