Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st August 1992.

(2) In these Regulations, "the principal Regulations" means the St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1989((2)).

(3) Except where the context otherwise requires, a schedule, paragraph or sub-paragraph referred to by number in these Regulations means a schedule, paragraph or sub-paragraph so numbered in the principal Regulations.

Amendment of Scheme for Aided Places set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

2. In paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 (remission of fees - boarding pupils)-

(a)in sub-paragraph (2), for the sum of " £7,736" there shall be substituted the sum of "£8,077"; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (3), for the Table there shall be substituted the following Table:-

3. In paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 (remission of fees day pupils)-

(a)in sub-paragraph (2), for the sum of " £9,726" there shall be substituted the sum of "£10,157"; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (3), for the sum of " £9,577" there shall be substituted the sum of "£10,008".

4. In paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 (clothing grants)-

(a)for sub-paragraph (3), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:-

"(3)Unless an aided pupil has been a pupil at the school before taking up an aided place, in a pupil's first year at the school clothing grant shall be payable in the case of an aided pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £10,500, and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed-

(a)£161, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,218;

(b)£120, where that income exceeds £9,218 but does not exceed £9,646;

(c)£79, where that income exceeds £9,646 but does not exceed £10,061;

(d)£40 where that income exceeds £10,061 but does not exceed £10,500:

Provided that any clothing grant which would fall to be paid in pursuance of this sub-paragraph in a pupil's first aided year at the school may be paid during the two months immediately preceding that year."; and

(b)for sub-paragraph (4), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:-

"(4)Except where sub-paragraph (3) applies, clothing grant shall be payable in the case of an aided pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £10,061, and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure (disregarding expenditure in respect of which a previous grant has been paid) as does not exceed-

(a)£60, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,384;

(b)£30, where that income exceeds £9,384 but does not exceed £10,061.".

5. In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 (amount of school travel grants)-

(a)in paragraph (a), for the sum of " £9,000" there shall be substituted the sum of "£9,397"; and

(b)in paragraph (b), for the sum of " £8,821" there shall be substituted the sum of "£9,218".

Amendment of Appendix to Scheme for Aided Places set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

6. In paragraph 3 of the Appendix to the Scheme for Aided Places at St Mary's Music School set out in Schedule 1 (computation of income)-

(a)after sub-paragraph (m), the word "or" shall be deleted; and

(b)after sub-paragraph (n), there shall be inserted the word "or" and the following sub-paragraph:-

"(o)in pursuance of sections 32 and 33 of the Finance Act 1991((3)) (relief for payments made in respect of qualifying courses of vocational training),".

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1989 (the principal Regulations) to uprate the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and making of grants under the aided places scheme, and in certain other respects.

The level of income at or below which fees are wholly remitted is increased from £7,736 to £8,077 for boarders and from £9,726 to £10,157 for day pupils, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where the relevant income exceeds these sums (regulations 2 and 3). The qualifying income levels for clothing grants and school travel grants are also uprated (regulations 4 and 5).

The list of tax reliefs in the Appendix to Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is updated so as to include a further relief introduced by the Finance Act 1991 (regulation 6). This list specifies reliefs which are not to be deducted in determining a person's income for the purposes of the aided places scheme.