Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary´s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st August 2008.

Amendment of St Mary´s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

2. Schedule 1 to the St Mary´s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001(2) is amended as follows:-

(a) in paragraph 10(3) and (5) (references to income) for the sum of "£1,675" in the three places where it occurs substitute "£1,745";

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

(i) in sub paragraph (2) for the sum of "£11,163" substitute "£11,632"; and

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

(c) in paragraph 14 (remission of fees-day pupils)-

(i) in sub paragraph (2) for the sum of "£14,064" substitute "£14,655"; and

(ii) in sub paragraph (3) for the sum of "£13,893" substitute "£14,477";

(d) in paragraph 18 (clothing grants)-

(i) in sub paragraph (3)-

(aa) for the sum of "£14,576" substitute "£15,188"; and

(bb) for paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute-

"(a) £231, where the relevant income does not exceed £13,334;

(b) £173, where that income exceeds £13,334 but does not exceed £13,957;

(c) £114, where that income exceeds £13,957 but does not exceed £14,554;

(d) £57, where that income exceeds £14,554 but does not exceed £15,188:"; and

(ii) in sub paragraph (4)-

(aa) for the sum of "£13,967" substitute "£14,554"; and

(bb) for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute-

"(a) £90, where the relevant income does not exceed £13,530;

(b) £47, where that income exceeds £13,530 but does not exceed £14,554."; and

(e) in sub paragraph (1) of paragraph 24 (amount of school travel grants) for the sums of "£13,006" and "£12,797" substitute "£13,552" and "£13,334" respectively.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the St Mary´s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 to uprate, with effect from 1st August 2008, the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the aided places scheme.

The details of the amendments are as follows:-

(a) the deduction from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,675 to £1,745 (regulation 2(a));

(b) the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £11,163 to £11,632 for boarders and from £14,064 to £14,655 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 clothing grants and school travel grants are increased (regulation 2(d) and (e)); and

(d) school clothing grants are increased by either £2 or £4, depending on the income level (regulation 2(d)(ii)).