Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st August 2011.

Amendment of the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007

2.-(1) The Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3-

(a)in paragraph (1), for "Scotland" substitute "the United Kingdom and Islands"; and

(b)in paragraph (3), for "2004" substitute "2008".

(3) In Schedule 1, for "the United Kingdom and Islands" where it occurs in the following paragraphs substitute "Scotland"-

(a)paragraph 1(a);

(b)paragraph 2(1)(c);

(c)paragraph 3(1)(c);

(d)paragraph 7(c);

(e)paragraph 8(b); and

(f)paragraph 9(c).

(4) In paragraph 1(1) and (2) of Schedule 2, for "the United Kingdom and Islands" in each place where it occurs substitute "Scotland".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007 ("the 2007 Regulations"). The amendments have the effect of (a) removing the restriction that the allowance can only be paid for a course of education undertaken in Scotland, (b) changing certain residence requirements so that eligibility depends on being resident in Scotland on the qualifying date and (c) amending the age qualification so that the person receiving the allowance must have attained the age of 16 on or after 1st March 2008. "Qualifying date" is defined in regulation 2 of the 2007 Regulations.