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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grants) (Music, Ballet and Choir Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 25th August 1996.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to a school year beginning on or after the date mentioned in paragraph (1).
(3) In these Regulations, a reference to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Education (Grants) (Music, Ballet and Choir Schools) Regulations 1995.
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The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6 below.
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For the list of schools in regulation 3(1) there is substituted—“
 The Arts Educational School, Tring, Hertfordshire;
 The Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester;
 The Elmhurst Ballet School, Camberley, Surrey;
 The Purcell School, Harrow;
 The Royal Ballet School, London;
 The Wells Cathedral School, Somerset; and
 The Yehudi Menuhin School, Surrey,”.
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In Schedule 1—
(a) in sub-paragraphs (3) and (5) of paragraph 8, for “£1,165” in each place where it occurs, there is substituted “£1,200”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 13, for “£8,239” there is substituted “£8,498”;
(c) for the table in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 13, there is substituted the following table—“

TABLE
(1) (2) (3)
Part of the relevant income to which specified percentage applies Only aided pupil Each of two aided pupils
That part which exceeds £8,349but does not exceed £10,538 10% 7.5%
That part (if any) which exceeds£10,538 but does not exceed £14,808 20% 15%
That part (if any) which exceeds £14,808 12.5% 7.5%.”
(d) in paragraph 14—
(i) in sub-paragraph (2), for “£10,360” there is substituted “£10,687”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (3), for “£10,211” there is substituted “£10,538”;
(e) for paragraph 17(3), there is substituted—“
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), the school shall pay uniform grant to the parents in the case of an aided pupil—
(i) who is in his first year at a school as an aided pupil, and
(ii) as regards whom the relevant income does not exceed £11,056,of an amount equal to so much of the parents' 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; and
(d) £43 where that income exceeds £10,595 but does not exceed £11,056.”;
(f) for paragraph 17(5), there is substituted—“
(5) Except where sub-paragraph (3) applies, a school shall, subject to sub-paragraph (6), pay uniform grant in the case of an aided pupil as regards 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; and
(b) £33 where that income exceeds £9,873 but does not exceed £10,595.”;
(g) in paragraph 19(2)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£9,585” there is substituted “£9,886”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£9,406” there is substituted “£9,707”; and
(h) for sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) of paragraph 24, there are substituted—“
(e) modern languages at advanced level,
(f) theatre studies,
(g) zoology, or
(h) any other subject approved for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State,”.
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In Schedule 2, for paragraph 3 there is substituted—“
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Aided places shall only be granted in the case of children who will be provided—
(a) with education in ballet dancing at—
(i) the Arts Educational School,
(ii) the Elmhurst Ballet School, or
(iii) the Royal Ballet School; or
(b) with education in music (otherwise than wholly or mainly in connection with singing in a choir) at any other school.”.
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In the list of choir schools in Schedule 3, after “St John’s College School, Cambridge” there is inserted “St John’s College, Cardiff”.
Cheryl Gillan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department for Education and Employment
26th July 1996Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Welsh Office
31st July 1996