Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/54/part/11/made
Timestamp: 2017-10-21 00:12:04
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 2', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 6', 'art 3']

69.—(1) An eligible distance learning student qualifies for support in connection with the eligible distance learning student undertaking a designated distance learning course subject to and in accordance with this Part.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (8), a person is an eligible distance learning student in connection with a designated distance learning course if in assessing the person’s application for support under regulation 77 the Welsh Ministers determine that the person falls within one of the categories set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1.
(3) Subject to paragraph (8), a person (“A” in this paragraph) is not an eligible distance learning student if—
(a)subject to paragraph (4), there has been bestowed on A or paid to A in connection with the distance learning course—
(i)a healthcare bursary whether or not the amount of such bursary is calculated by reference to A’s income;
(iii)a Scottish healthcare allowance whether or not the amount of such allowance is calculated by reference to A’s income;
(d)A has, in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers, shown by A’s conduct that A is unfitted to receive support under this Part; or
(a)the person applying for support under this Part is a disabled student; and
(b)there has been bestowed on or paid to the person in connection with the distance learning course—
(i)a healthcare bursary the amount of which is calculated by reference to the person’s income; or
(ii)a Scottish Healthcare Allowance whether or not the amount of such allowance is calculated by reference to the person’s income.
(5) Paragraph (3)(e) does not apply in respect of an academic year during which the eligible distance learning student enters prison to serve a custodial sentence or is released from prison having served such a sentence.
(8) Subject to paragraphs (10) to (12), a person is an eligible distance learning student for the purposes of this Part if the person satisfies the conditions in paragraph (9)(a), (b) or (c).
(9) The conditions referred to in paragraph (8) are—
(i)person qualified as an eligible distance learning student in connection with an earlier academic year of the present distance learning course pursuant to regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 22 of the 1998 Act;
(ii)person was ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the present distance learning course; and
(iii)person’s status as an eligible distance learning student has not terminated;
(i)present distance learning course is an end-on course;
(ii)person qualified as an eligible distance learning student in connection with the course in relation to which the present distance learning course is an end-on course;
(iii)period of eligibility in respect of the course in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) only ceased on the grounds that the student had completed the course; and
(iv)person was ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course in sub-paragraph (b)(ii);
(i)Welsh Ministers have previously determined that the person is an eligible—
(aa)student in connection with a designated course;
(bb)distance learning student in connection with a designated distance learning course other than the present distance learning course; or
(cc)part-time student in connection with a designated part-time course;
(ii)person’s status as an eligible student, eligible distance learning student or as an eligible part-time student in connection with the course referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(i) has been converted or transferred from that course to the present distance learning course as a result of one or more conversions or transfers in accordance with regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 22 of the 1998 Act;
(iii)person was ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(i); and
(iv)person’s status as an eligible distance learning student has not terminated.
(a)the Welsh Ministers determined that, by virtue of being a refugee or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of a refugee, a person (“A” in this paragraph) was an eligible distance learning student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the present distance learning course or an application for support in connection with a designated course, designated part-time course or other designated distance learning course from which A’s status as an eligible student, eligible part-time student or eligible distance learning student has been transferred to the present distance learning course; and
(b)as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the refugee status of A or of A’s spouse, civil partner, parent (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1) or step-parent, as the case may be, has expired and no further leave to remain has been granted and no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002(2)),
(a)the Welsh Ministers determined that, by virtue of being a person with leave to enter or remain or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of such a person, a person (“A” in this paragraph) was an eligible distance learning student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the present distance learning course or an application for support in connection with a designated course, designated part-time course or other designated distance learning course from which A’s status as an eligible student, eligible part-time student or eligible distance learning student has been transferred to the present distance learning course; and
(12) Paragraphs (10) and (11) do not apply where the student began the course in connection with which the Welsh Ministers determined that the student was an eligible student or eligible part-time student, as the case may be, before 1 September 2007.
(13) An eligible distance learning student may not, at any one time, qualify for support under these Regulations for—
70.—(1) Where one of the events listed in paragraph (4) occurs in the course of an academic year—
(a)a student may qualify for a grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs in respect of that academic year in accordance with this Part; and
(b)a grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs is not available in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the relevant event occurred.
(c)a state accedes to the European Union and the student is a national of that state or a family member (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1) of a national of that state;
(e)the state of which the student is a national accedes to the European Union where the student has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period immediately preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course;
71.—(1) A course is designated for the purposes of section 22(1) of the 1998 Act and regulation 69 if it is designated by the Welsh Ministers under this regulation.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the Welsh Ministers may designate a course under this regulation if in their opinion—
(a)the course is listed in Schedule 2 other than a course for the initial training of teachers;
(c)the course is of at least one academic year’s duration;
(d)students undertaking the course in the United Kingdom are not required to be in attendance on it by the institution providing the course; and
(e)subject to paragraph (5), the course began before 1 September 2012.
(3) For the purposes of determining whether the requirement in paragraph (2)(d) is satisfied the Welsh Ministers may disregard—
(a)any requirement imposed by the institution providing the course to attend any institution for the purposes of—
(b)any requirement imposed by the institution providing the course to attend any institution on a weekend or during any vacation;
(c)any period of attendance at the institution providing the course which a student may but is not required to complete by that institution.
(4) The Welsh Ministers may not designate a course as a designated distance learning course if—
(a)it falls within paragraph 7 or 8 of Schedule 2; and
(b)the governing body of a maintained school has arranged for the provision of the course to a pupil of the school.
(5) A course which begins on or after 1 September 2012 is a designated distance learning course where—
(a)a student transfers to that course pursuant to regulation 80 from a previous designated distance learning course which began before 1 September 2012; or
(b)that course is an end-on course undertaken by distance learning following on from a designated distance learning course which began before 1 September 2012,
and that course would otherwise be a designated course for the purposes of regulation 5.
72.—(1) A student’s status as an eligible distance learning student is retained in connection with a designated distance learning course until that status terminates in accordance with this regulation or regulation 69.
(2) The period for which an eligible distance learning student retains the status referred to in paragraph (1) is the “period of eligibility” (“cyfnod cymhwystra”).
(3) Subject to the following paragraphs and regulation 69, the period of eligibility terminates at the end of the academic year in which the eligible distance learning student completes the designated distance learning course.
(4) The period of eligibility terminates when the eligible distance learning student (“A” in this paragraph and in paragraph (5))—
(a)withdraws from A’s designated distance learning course in circumstances where the Welsh Ministers have not transferred or converted or will not transfer or convert A’s status under regulation 80, 81, 82, or 108; or
(5) The Welsh Ministers may terminate the period of eligibility where in their opinion A has shown by A’s conduct that A is unfitted to receive support under these Regulations.
(6) If the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that an eligible distance learning student has failed to comply with any requirement to provide information under this Part or has provided information which is inaccurate in a material particular, the Welsh Ministers may take such of the following actions as they consider appropriate in the circumstances—
(c)treat any support paid to the student under these Regulations as an overpayment which may be recovered under regulation 85.
(7) Where the period of eligibility terminates before the end of the academic year in which the eligible distance learning student completes the designated distance learning course the Welsh Ministers may, at any time, renew or extend the period of eligibility for such period as they determine.
73.—(1) For the purposes of this regulation, the support available is—
(i)£1,025; or
(ii)the actual fees, being the amount of fees charged to the eligible distance learning student in respect of an academic year of the designated distance learning course; and
(b)a grant not exceeding £1,155 for books, travel and other expenditure in connection with the designated distance learning course.
(2) An eligible distance learning student does not qualify for support under paragraph (1)(b) if the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which the eligible distance learning student falls is paragraph 9.
(a)the eligible distance learning student is a disabled student; and
(b)there has been bestowed on or paid to the eligible distance learning student in connection with the designated distance learning course—
(i)a healthcare bursary the amount of which is calculated by reference to the eligible distance learning student’s income; or
(ii)a Scottish healthcare allowance whether or not the amount of such allowance is calculated by reference to the eligible distance learning student’s income.
(4) An eligible distance learning student does not qualify for support under this regulation unless the Welsh Ministers consider that the eligible distance learning student is undertaking the designated distance learning course in Wales on the first day of the first academic year.
(5) An eligible distance learning student will no longer qualify for support under this regulation if the Welsh Ministers consider that the eligible distance learning student is undertaking the designated distance learning course outside the United Kingdom.
(6) An eligible distance learning student does not qualify for support under this regulation if the eligible distance learning student has undertaken one or more distance learning courses for eight academic years in aggregate and the eligible distance learning student has received in respect of each of those academic years a loan or a grant of the kind described in paragraph (7).
(7) The loans and grants are—
(a)a loan, a grant in respect of fees or a grant for books, travel and other expenditure each made in respect of an academic year of a distance learning course pursuant to regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act;
(b)a loan, a grant in respect of fees or a grant for books, travel and other expenditure each made in respect of an academic year of a distance learning course by the Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland) pursuant to regulations made under Articles 3 and 8(4) of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(3); or
(c)a loan in respect of an academic year of a distance learning course made pursuant to regulations made under sections 73(f), 73B and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(4).
(8) Subject to paragraph (11), an eligible distance learning student does not qualify for support under this regulation if the eligible distance learning student holds a first degree from an educational institution in the United Kingdom.
(9) For the purposes of paragraph (8), a degree is not to be treated as a first degree where—
(a)it is a degree (other than an honours degree) that has been awarded to the eligible distance learning student who has completed the required modules, examinations or other forms of assessment for the eligible distance learning student’s first degree course; and
(b)that student is undertaking the present distance learning course so as to obtain an honours degree on completion of the required modules, examinations or other forms of assessment (whether or not that student continues the course at the same educational institution after the award of the degree referred to in sub-paragraph (a)).
(10) No support is payable to an eligible distance learning student under these Regulations in connection with that student undertaking a distance learning course that is not a designated distance learning course.
(11) Paragraph (8) does not apply where the Welsh Ministers determine that the following conditions are satisfied in relation to an eligible distance learning student—
(a)the eligible distance learning student has provided all information required by the Welsh Ministers in relation to a first degree held by the student from an educational institution in the United Kingdom;
(b)that information is accurate; and
(c)the Welsh Ministers have incorrectly provided notification that the eligible distance learning student qualifies for support under this regulation in respect of the present distance learning course.
(12) Where paragraph (11) applies an eligible distance learning student may qualify for support under this regulation in accordance with paragraphs (13) to (15).
(13) Subject to paragraph (15), if the Welsh Ministers make the determination under paragraph (11) before the first day of the first academic year of the present distance learning course then the eligible distance learning student may qualify for support under this regulation in respect of the first academic year of the present distance learning course.
(14) Subject to paragraph (15), if the Welsh Ministers make the determination under paragraph (11) on or after the first day of the first academic year of the present distance learning course then the eligible distance learning student may qualify for support under this regulation in respect of—
(a)the academic year of the present distance learning course during which the Welsh Ministers make the determination; and
(b)an academic year of the present distance learning course which the student has completed prior to the Welsh Ministers making the determination.
(15) An eligible distance learning student subject to a determination under paragraph (7) may qualify for support under this regulation otherwise than in accordance with paragraphs (13) and (14), where the Welsh Ministers consider this to be appropriate as a result of the exceptional circumstances of a particular case.
74.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 80(6), the amount of support payable under regulation 73 in respect of an academic year is as follows—
(i)under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(5) to income support or housing benefit;
(ii)under Part 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995(6) to income–based jobseeker’s allowance;
(iii)under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007(7) to an income-related employment and support allowance;
(iv)to universal credit; or
(v)to a reduction under a council tax reduction scheme;
the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1) is payable;
(b)where the relevant income is less than £16,865, the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1) is payable;
(c)where the relevant income is £16,865, the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1)(b) is payable together with £50 less than the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1)(a);
(d)where the relevant income exceeds £16,865 but is less than £25,435, the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1)(b) is payable and the amount of support payable under regulation 73(1)(a) is the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (2);
(e)where the relevant income is £25,435, the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1)(b) is payable and the amount of support payable under regulation 73(1)(a) is £50;
(f)where the relevant income exceeds £25,435 but is less than £26,095, the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1)(b) is payable and no support is payable under regulation 73(1)(a);
(g)where the relevant income is £26,095 or more but less than £28,180 no support is available under regulation 73(1)(a) and the amount of support payable under regulation 73(1)(b) is the amount left after deducting from the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1)(b) £1 for every £1.886 by which the relevant income exceeds £26,095;
(h)where the relevant income is £28,180, no support is payable under regulation 73(1)(a) and the amount of support payable under regulation 73(1)(b) is £50;
(i)where the relevant income exceeds £28,180 no support is payable under regulation 73(1).
(2) Where paragraph (1)(d) applies, the amount of support payable under regulation 73(1)(a) is determined by deducting from the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1)(a) one of the following amounts—
(b)where the actual fees are less than £1,025, an amount equal to that left after deducting from the amount calculated under sub-paragraph (a) the difference between £1,025 and the actual fees (unless the amount is a negative number in which case the maximum amount of support available under regulation 73(1)(a) is payable).
Interpretation of regulation 74
75.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 74 and this regulation—
(a)subject to sub-paragraph (b), “partner” (“partner”) means any of the following—
(iii)a person ordinarily living with an eligible distance learning student as if the person were the eligible distance learning student’s spouse where an eligible distance learning student is aged 25 or over on the first day of the academic year in respect of which the eligible distance learning student is being assessed for support and where the eligible distance learning student began the specified designated distance learning course before 1 September 2005;
(iv)a person ordinarily living with an eligible distance learning student as if the person were the eligible distance learning student’s spouse or civil partner where an eligible distance learning student began the specified designated distance learning course on or after 1 September 2005;
(i)in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers, that person and the eligible distance learning student are separated; or
(c)“relevant income” (“incwm perthnasol”) has the meaning given in paragraph (2).
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an eligible distance learning student’s relevant income is equal to the eligible distance learning student’s financial resources in the preceding financial year less—
(a)£2,000 in respect of the eligible distance learning student’s partner;
(b)£2,000 in respect of the only or eldest child who is dependent on the eligible distance learning student or the eligible distance learning student’s partner; and
(c)£1,000 in respect of each other child who is dependent on the eligible distance learning student or the eligible distance learning student’s partner.
(3) Where the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that an eligible distance learning student’s financial resources in the preceding financial year are greater than the eligible distance learning student’s financial resources in the current financial year and that the difference between the two amounts is £1,000 or more, they must assess that student’s financial resources by reference to those resources in the current financial year.
(4) In this regulation, an eligible distance learning student’s financial resources in a financial year means the aggregate of the eligible distance learning student’s income for that year together with the aggregate of the income for that year of any person who at the date of the application for support under this Part is the eligible distance learning student’s partner.
(a)“child” (“plentyn”) in relation to an eligible distance learning student includes any child of the student’s partner and any child for whom the student has parental responsibility;
(b)“current financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol gyfredol”) means the financial year which includes the first day of the academic year in respect of which a person is being assessed for support under this Part;
(d)“financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol”) means the period of twelve months for which the income of the eligible distance learning student is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation which applies to it;
(e)“income” (“incwm”) means gross income from all sources excluding—
(i)any payment made under section 23C(5A) of the Children Act 1989; and
(ii)any tax credits awarded pursuant to any claims under section 3 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(8);
(f)“preceding financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol flaenorol”) means the financial year immediately preceding the current financial year;
(g)“specified designated distance learning course” (“cwrs dysgu o bell dynodedig a bennir”) means the course in respect of which the person is applying for support under this Part or, where the student’s status as an eligible distance learning student has been transferred to the present distance learning course as a result of one or more transfers of that status by the Welsh Ministers from a distance learning course (the “initial course”) (“cwrs cychwynnol”) in connection with which the Welsh Ministers determined the student to be an eligible distance learning student pursuant to regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act, the specified designated distance learning course is the initial course.
78.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the academic authority must, on the request of the applicant, complete a declaration in such form as may be required by the Welsh Ministers to accompany the application for support under regulation 77.
(2) An academic authority is not required to complete a declaration if it is unable to give the confirmation required by sub-paragraph 3(a)(ii) or 3(b)(ii).
(3) In this Part, “declaration” (“datganiad”) means—
(4) In this regulation, “course information” (“gwybodaeth am y cwrs”) means—
(a)the amount of fees being charged in respect of the academic year in respect of which the applicant is applying for support under this Part;
(b)certification by the academic authority that it considers the applicant is undertaking the designated distance learning course in Wales; and
79. Schedule 3 applies in respect of the provision of information by an applicant or an eligible distance learning student.
80.—(1) Where an eligible distance learning student transfers from a designated distance learning course to another designated distance learning course, the Welsh Ministers must transfer the student’s status as an eligible distance learning student to that other course where—
(a)they receive a request from the eligible distance learning student to do so;
(a)the eligible distance learning student starts to undertake another designated distance learning course at the same institution;
(c)after commencing a designated distance learning course for a first degree (other than an honours degree) the eligible distance learning student is, before the completion of that course, admitted to a designated distance learning course for an honours degree in the same subject at the same institution.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), an eligible distance learning student who transfers under paragraph (1) is to receive in connection with the academic year of the course to which the eligible distance learning student transfers the remainder of the support under this Part for which the Welsh Ministers have determined the eligible distance learning student qualifies in respect of the academic year of the course from which the eligible distance learning student transfers.
(5) An eligible student who transfers under paragraph (1) after the Welsh Ministers have determined the eligible distance learning student’s support under this Part in connection with the academic year of the course from which the eligible distance learning student is transferring but before the eligible distance learning student completes that year, may not apply for another grant under regulation 73(1)(b) or regulation 76 in connection with the academic year of the course to which the eligible distance learning student transfers.
(6) Where a student transfers under paragraph (1), the maximum amount of support under regulation 73(1)(a) in respect of the academic years to and from which the eligible distance learning student transfers is the amount of support available in connection with the course with the highest actual fees as defined in regulation 73.
83.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Welsh Ministers must pay the grant in respect of fees for which the eligible distance learning student qualifies once they have received from the relevant academic authority—
(b)confirmation of the eligible distance learning student’s attendance on the designated distance learning course.
(2) The Welsh Ministers may make payments under paragraph (1) at such times and in such instalments (if any) as they see fit.
(4) In this regulation “confirmation of the eligible distance learning student’s attendance on the designated distance learning course” (“cadarnhad o bresenoldeb y myfyriwr dysgu o bell cymwys ar y cwrs dysgu o bell dynodedig”) means confirmation from the relevant academic authority that the eligible distance learning student—
(a)has enrolled on and started undertaking the designated distance learning course, where the confirmation relates to a payment of the entire grant in respect of fees or the first instalment of the grant in respect of fees; or
(b)remains enrolled and continues to undertake the designated distance learning course at the date of the confirmation, where the confirmation relates to an instalment of the grant in respect of fees other than the first instalment.
(5) Where an eligible distance learning student ceases to undertake a designated distance learning course during the academic year and the academic authority has determined or agreed that the student will not return during that academic year, the academic authority must inform the Welsh Ministers as soon as is practicable of the eligible distance learning student’s departure from the designated distance learning course.
Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and grants for disabled distance learning students’ living costs
84.—(1) Payments of the grant for books, travel and other expenditure and the grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs may be made in such manner as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate and they may make it a condition of entitlement to payment that the eligible distance learning student must provide them with particulars of a bank or building society account in the United Kingdom into which payments may be made by electronic transfer.
(2) Where the Welsh Ministers cannot make a final assessment on the basis of the information provided by the eligible distance learning student, they may make a provisional assessment and payment of the grant for books, travel and other expenditure and the grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs.
(3) The Welsh Ministers may pay the grant for books, travel and other expenditure and the grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs in instalments or in a single lump sum.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the Welsh Ministers may pay the grant for books, travel and other expenditure and the grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs at such times as they consider appropriate.
(5) The Welsh Ministers must not pay the first instalment or, where it has been determined not to pay support in instalments, make any payment of the grant for books, travel and other expenditure or the grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs before they have received a declaration under regulation 78 unless an exception referred to in paragraph (6) applies.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5) an exception applies if—
(a)a grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs is payable in which case that particular grant may be paid before the Welsh Ministers have received a declaration;
85.—(1) Any overpayment of a grant in respect of fees is recoverable by the Welsh Ministers from the academic authority.
(2) An eligible distance learning student must, if so required by the Welsh Ministers, repay any amount paid to the eligible distance learning student under this Part which for whatever reason exceeds the amount of grant to which the eligible distance learning student is entitled under this Part.
(3) The Welsh Ministers must recover an overpayment of grant for books, travel and other expenditure and grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs unless they consider that it is not appropriate to do so.
(a)subtracting the overpayment from any kind of grant payable to the eligible distance learning student from time to time pursuant to regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 22 of the 1998 Act;
(5) A payment of the grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs made before the relevant date is an overpayment if the eligible distance learning student withdraws from the course before the relevant date unless the Welsh Ministers decide otherwise.
(7) In the circumstances set out in paragraph (8) or (9), there is an overpayment of the grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs unless the Welsh Ministers decide otherwise.
(a)the Welsh Ministers apply all or part of the grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs to the purchase of specialist equipment on behalf of the eligible distance learning student;
(b)the eligible distance learning student’s period of eligibility terminates after the relevant date; and
(c)the equipment has not been delivered to the eligible distance learning student before the period of eligibility terminates.
(b)a payment of the grant for disabled part-time students’ living costs in respect of specialist equipment is made to the student after the period of eligibility terminated.
(10) Where there is an overpayment of the grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs, the Welsh Ministers may accept the return of specialist equipment purchased with the grant by way of recovery of all or part of the overpayment if they consider it is appropriate to do so.
S.S.I. 2007/151, amended by S.S.I. 2007/503, S.S.I. 2008/206, S.S.I. 2009/188, S.S.I. 2009/309, S.S.I. 2012/72 and S.S.I. 2013/80.
2002 c. 41. Section 104 was amended by the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (c. 19), Schedules 2 and 4, the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), section 9 and S.I. 2010/21.
1980 c. 44; section 73(f) was amended by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 29(1) and the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 6), section 3(2). Section 73B was inserted by section 29(2) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and was amended by the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001, Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) and section 34(1) of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3). Section 74 was amended by section 82 of and Schedule 10 to the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
1992 c. 4; Part VII was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9 and Schedule 14; the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994, Schedules 1 and 2; the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), Schedule 2 and Schedule 3; the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), Schedule 19 Part 6; the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 8; the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), Schedule 6 Part 3; the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16), Schedule 2 and Schedule 3, the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), Schedule 6; S.I. 2002/1397; the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Schedule 6, paragraphs 169 and 179; the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), Schedule 24 and Schedule 30; the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), sections 30(2) and 31(1), Schedule 3, Schedule 5 and Schedule 8; the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), section 3; the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5), section 69 and Schedule 14(1); S.I. 2008/632; S.I. 2008/787; S.I. 2009/497; S.I. 2010/793; S.I. 2014/516 and S.I. 2014/560.
1995 c. 18; Part I was amended by the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18), Schedule 1; the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), Schedule 7; the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedules 7 and 8; the National Insurance Contributions Act 2002 (c. 19), Schedule 1; S.I. 2006/343; the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), Schedule 3; the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), section 12; the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), sections 44, 49 and 60 and Schedules 2, 7 and 14.
2007 c. 5, amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), sections 28, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57 and 60 and Schedules 3 and 14 and the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), Schedule 7.
2002 c. 21, section 3 was amended by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), section 254 and Schedule 24.