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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001, and shall come into force on 1st September 2001.
(2) These Regulations shall apply only in relation to England.
(3) These Regulations shall apply in relation to a school year beginning on or after the date that they come into force.
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(1) The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(2) (clothing grant), for “£11,718” there shall be substituted “£11,952”.
(3) In regulation 2(3), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted—“
(a) £73 where the relevant income does not exceed £11,116; and
(b) £38 where that income exceeds £11,116 but does not exceed £11,952”.
(4) In regulation 4 (travel grant)—
(a) in paragraph (3), for “£10,914” there shall be substituted “£11,129”; and
(b) in paragraph (4)—
(i) for “£10,914” there shall be substituted “£11,129”; and
(ii) for “£10,735” there shall be substituted “£10,950”.
(5) In regulation 10 (field study courses), for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following—“
(1) In this regulation “field study course” means a course of field study (provided by the school or otherwise) which forms part of a normal course of study at a school for the examinations for the General Certificate of Secondary Education, the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level, the Advanced Subsidiary, the Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education or other examinations comparable to any of them, being examinations in—
(a) archaeology
(b) biology
(c) botany
(d) geography
(e) geology
(f) modern languages at advanced level
(g) theatre studies
(h) zoology, or
(i) any other subject approved for the purposes of this regulation by the Secretary of State,
and a reference to a relevant examination shall be construed accordingly.”
Stephen Timms
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
28th July 2001