Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 1705

The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No. 1705

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

	Made	7th July 2003
	Laid before Parliament	14th July 2003
	Coming into force	1st September 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 3(1), (2), (4), (5) and (9) of the Education (Schools) Act 1997[1], and after consulting, in accordance with section 3(7) of that Act, such bodies as appear to him to be appropriate and representative of schools which provide assisted places under section 2(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application
    1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st September 2003.

    (2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to a school year beginning on or after that date.

Amendment of the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997
    2. - (1) The Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997 [2] are amended as follows.

    (2) In regulation 10(4) and (6), substitute "£1,500" for "£1,465" in each place where it appears.

    (3) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, substitute "£11,626" for "£11,368".

    (4) For the table following paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule substitute the following table - 


Table

(1) Part of relevant income to which specified percentage applies	(2) Only assisted pupil (%)	(3) Each of two assisted pupils (%)	Each of three assisted pupils (%)
That part (if any) which exceeds £11,460 but does not exceed £12,461	9	6.75	5.25
That part (if any) which exceeds £12,461 but does not exceed £13,478	12	9	7
That part (if any) which exceeds £13,478 but does not exceed £15,495	15	11.25	8.75
That part (if any) which exceeds £15,495 but does not exceed £18,606	21	15.75	12.25
That part (if any) which exceeds £18,606 but does not exceed £22,660	24	18	14
That part (if any) which exceeds £22,660	33	24.75	19.25

David Miliband
Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills

7th July 2003

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997 ("the 1997 Regulations") in respect of the school year beginning on or after 1st September 2003. The reductions to be made in relevant income in respect of dependent relatives pursuant to regulation 10(4) and (6) of the 1997 Regulations are increased from £1,465 to £1,500.

These Regulations amend the means test for the remission of fees: the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is set at £11,626 instead of £11,368, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum.

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Notes:

[1]1997 c. 59. Section 3(2) was amended, with effect from 24th July 1998, by section 130(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) the powers conferred by these provisions are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England.back

[2]S.I. 1997/1968, amended by S.I. 1998/1726, S.I. 1998/1966, S.I. 1999/1504, S.I. 2000/2111, S.I. 2001/2744 and S.I. 2002/1979.back

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