
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st August 1996.
2 
After regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995 add–“
(1A) In these Regulations references to imperial measurements are supplementary indications of distance.”.
3 
Schedule 1 to the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995 is hereby amended as follows:–
(a) in paragraph 10 (references to income) for the words “£1,165” in the three places where they occur, substitute “£1,200”;
(b) in paragraph 13 (remission of fees – boarding pupils) for the words in column (1) below, substitute the words in relation thereto in column (2)–

(1) (2)
“£8,357” “£8,498”
“£8,208” “£8,349”
“£10,363” in both places where they occur “£10,538”
“£14,561” in both places where they occur “£14,808”
“10%” where they occur for the second time “121/2%”
(c) in paragraph 14 (remission of fees – day pupils) for the words “£10,512” and “£10,363” substitute “£10,687” and “£10,538” respectively;
(d) in paragraph 18 (clothing grants) for sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) substitute–“
(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 £11,056 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed–
(a) £169, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,707;
(b) £127, where that income exceeds £9,707 but does not exceed £10,159;
(c) £83, where that income exceeds £10,159 but does not exceed £10,595;
(d) £43, where that income exceeds £10,595 but does not exceed £11,056:
 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.
(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 £10,595 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) £63, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,873;
(b) £33, where that income exceeds £9,873 but does not exceed £10,595.”;
(e) in paragraph 21(2) for the words “three miles” substitute “4.8 kilometres (3 miles)”;
(f) in paragraph 22(2)–
(i) for the words “three miles” substitute “4.8 kilometres (3 miles)”;
(ii) for the words “twenty-five miles” in both places where they occur substitute “40.2 kilometres (25 miles)”; and
(iii) for the words “miles of” substitute “kilometres (miles) of”; and
(g) in paragraph 24 (amount of school travel grants) for the words “£9,724” and “£9,545” substitute “£9,886” and “£9,707” respectively.
Raymond S Robertson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th July 1996