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| Made | 11th December 2002 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 13th December 2002 | ||
| Coming into force | 3rd January 2003 |
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 22, 42(6) and 43(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998[1], hereby makes the following Regulations: -
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 3rd January 2003.
2. The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002[2] shall be amended in accordance with these Regulations.
Amendments to the Regulations
3. - (1) Regulation 15 shall be amended as follows -
(2) In paragraph (13) -
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(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (f) for "of that Act," substitute "of that Act; and;"; and
(b) after sub-paragraph (f) insert -
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(g) any child tax credit to which he is entitled under Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002[3].".
4.
- (1) Regulation 17 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraphs (1) and (3) for "a city technology college or a city college for the technology of the arts or a city academy" substitute "an Academy [4]".
5.
- (1) Schedule 3 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1(1) for sub-paragraph (r) substitute -
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(r) income support or working families' tax credit under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or any child tax credit or working tax credit under Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002;".
Margaret Hodge
Minister of StateDepartment for Education and Skills
11th December 2002
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002.
Regulation 15(13) has been amended to provide that child tax credit will be disregarded from a dependant's net income when assessing an eligible student's entitlement to grants for dependants under regulation 15.
Regulations 17(1) and 17(3) have been amended to replace references to city colleges with references to Academies as a result of amendments made to section 482 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) by section 65 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).
Paragraph 1(1) (r) of Schedule 3 has been amended to provide that child tax credit and working tax credit will be disregarded from a student's income.
Notes:
[1] 1998 c. 30; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), section 146.back
[2] S.I. 2002/195, amended by S.I. 2002/1318 and S.I. 2002/2088.back
[4] 1996 c. 56; references to city colleges established pursuant to section 482 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) have as a result of amendments made to that section by section 65 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) been replaced by references to Academies.back
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