Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 2nd October 2010.

(2) In these Regulations-

-�the 2003 Regulations-� means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003(2).

Modifications of the Income Support Regulations in Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations

2.-(1) Table A of Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In the modifications of regulation 62 (calculation of grant income), for inserted paragraph (2C) substitute-

-�(2C) There shall also be disregarded from a student-�s grant income-

(a)any sum by way of maintenance grant available to a student under regulations 57 to 59 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2009(3) which is not taken into account in the calculation of the maximum amount of a loan for living costs under Chapter 2 of Part 6 to those Regulations;

(b)any sum by way of maintenance grant available to a student under regulations 38 or 39 of the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2009(4) which is not taken into account in the calculation of the maximum amount of a loan for living costs under regulations 46 to 48 of those Regulations; and

(c)any sum by way of maintenance grant available to a student under regulation 58 of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(5) which is not taken into account in the calculation of the maximum amount of a loan for living costs under regulation 66 of those Regulations.-�.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (-�the 2003 Regulations-�).

Regulation 2 updates references to student funding regulations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. These set out the entitlement to grants and loans available to students. Certain amounts of student maintenance grants are disregarded in calculating the entitlement of students to the payment of travel expenses and the remission of charges under the 2003 Regulations.