Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the St. Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st August 1994.

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

(3) 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 "£8,196" there shall be substituted the sum of "£8,276"; 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 "£10,307" there shall be substituted the sum of "£10,409"; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (3), for the sum of "£10,158" there shall be substituted the sum of "£10,260".

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 £10,765, and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed-

(a)£165, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,450;

(b)£123, where that income exceeds £9,450 but does not exceed £9,889;

(c)£81, where that income exceeds £9,889 but does not exceed £10,314;

(d)£41, where that income exceeds £10,314 but does not exceed £10,765:

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 £10,314, 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)£62, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,617;

(b)£30, where that income does not exceed £10,314.".

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

(a)in paragraph (a), for the sum of "£9,535" there shall be substituted the sum of "£9,629"; and

(b)in paragraph (b), for the sum of "£9,356" there shall be substituted the sum of "£9,450".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the St. Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1989 to uprate the qualifying income levels for 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 £8,196 to £8,276 for boarders and from £10,307 to £10,409 for day pupils, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where the relevant income exceeds those sums (regulations 2 and 3).

The qualifying income levels for school travel grants and clothing grants are also uprated (regulations 4 and 5).