Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.

Amendment of St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995

2.  Schedule 1 to the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995((2) is amended as follows:–

(a)in sub paragraphs (3) and (5) of paragraph 10 (references to income) for the sum of “£1,300” in the three places where it occurs substitute “£1,400”;

(b)in paragraph 13 (remission of fees – boarding pupils)–

(i)in sub paragraph (2) for the sum of “£9,183” substitute “£9,382”; and

(ii)in sub paragraph (3) for the Table substitute–

(c)in paragraph 14 (remission of fees – day pupils) for the sums of “£11,553” and “£11,404” substitute “£11,804” and “£11,655” respectively;

(c)in paragraph 18 (clothing grants)–

(i)in sub paragraph (3)–

(aa)for the sum of “£11,965” substitute “£12,228”; and

(bb)for heads (a) to (d) substitute–

“(a)£187, where the relevant income does not exceed £10,735;

(b)£140, where that income exceeds £10,735 but does not exceed £11,235;

(c)£91, where that income exceeds £11,235 but does not exceed £11,718;

(d)£47, where that income exceeds £11,718 but does not exceed £12,228:”;

(ii)in sub paragraph (4)–

(aa)for the sum of “£11,466” substitute “£11,718”; and

(bb)for heads (a) and (b) substitute–

“(a)£71, where the relevant income does not exceed £10,901;

(b)£37, where that income exceeds £10,901 but does not exceed £11,718.”;

(e)in sub paragraph (1) of paragraph 24 (amount of school travel grants) for the sums of “£10,683” and “£10,504” substitute “£10,914” and “£10,735” respectively.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Regulations amend the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995 to uprate, with effect from 1st August 2000, the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the aided places scheme.

The details of these amendments are as follows:–

(a)the deduction from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,300 to £1,400 (regulation 2(a));

(b)the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £9,183 to £9,382 for boarders and from £11,553 to £11,804 for day pupils, with corresponding increases in the extent of fee remission where the relevant income exceeds these sums (regulation 2(b) and (c));

(c)the qualifying income levels for school travel grants and clothing grants are increased (regulation 2(d) and (e));

(d)school clothing grants are increased by either £1 or £2, depending on the income level (regulation 2(d)).