EDUCATION, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st August 1991. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1989 . 3 Except where the context otherwise requires, a regulation, schedule, paragraph or sub-paragraph referred to by number in these Regulations means a regulation, schedule, paragraph or sub-paragraph so numbered in the principal Regulations. Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) after the definition of “allowance” there shall be inserted the following definition:– “chorister” means a child who attends the school wholly or mainly in connection with singing in St Mary’s Cathedral Choir; . Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 5 (conditions of payment), in paragraph (d) at the end there shall be added:– ; or iii more choristers than the Secretary of State, after consultation with the school, may have specified. . Amendment of Scheme for Aided Places set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 4 In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (interpretation), in sub-paragraph (1) after the definition of “child” there shall be inserted the following definition:– “chorister” means a child who attends the school wholly or mainly in connection with singing in St Mary’s Cathedral Choir; . 5 In paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (conditions as to age), the present provisions shall become sub-paragraph (1) and the following sub-paragraph shall be added: 2 In the case of a child who is, or if admitted to an aided place will be, a chorister, it shall be a condition that he has not attained the age of 13 years at the commencement of a school year in which he holds an aided place. . 6 In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (conditions as to education), at the end there shall be added the words “or shall be a chorister”. 7 In paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 (references to income)– a in sub-paragraph (3), for the sum of “£1,000” there shall be substituted the sum of “£1,100”; and b in sub-paragraph (4), for the sum of “£1,000” (in both places where it appears) there shall be substituted the sum of “£1,100”. 8 In paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 (remission of fees boarding pupils)– a in sub-paragraph (2), for the sum of “£7,059” there shall be substituted the sum of “£7,736”; and b in sub-paragraph (3), for the Table there shall be substituted the following Table:– TABLE (1) (2) (3) Part of relevant income to which the specified percentages applies Only aided pupil Each of two aided pupils That part which exceeds £7,587 but does not exceed £9,577 10% 7.5% That part (if any) which exceeds £9,577 but does not exceed £13,457 20% 15% That part (if any) which exceeds £13,457 10% 7.5% . 9 In paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 (remission of fees – day pupils)– a in sub-paragraph (2), for the sum of “£8,871” there shall be substituted the sum of “£9,726”; and b in sub-paragraph (3), for the sum of “£8,722” there shall be substituted the sum of “£9,577”. 10 In paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 (clothing grants)– a for sub-paragraph (3), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:– 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 £10,048, and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed– a £154, where the relevant income does not exceed £8,821; b £115, where that income exceeds £8,821 but does not exceed £9,231; c £76, where that income exceeds £9,231 but does not exceed £9,628; d £38 where that income exceeds £9,628 but does not exceed £10,048: 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. ; and b for sub-paragraph (4), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:– 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 £9,628, 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 £57, where the relevant income does not exceed £8,987; b £29, where that income exceeds £8,987 but does not exceed £9,628. . 11 In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 (amount of school travel grants)– a in paragraph (a), for the sum of “£8,213” there shall be substituted the sum of “£9,000”; and b in paragraph (b), for the sum of “£8,034” there shall be substituted the sum of “£8,821”. Amendment of Appendix to Scheme for Aided Places set out in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 12 In paragraph 3 of the Appendix to the Scheme for Aided Places at St Mary’s Music School set out in Schedule 1 (computation of income)– a after sub-paragraph (l), the word “or” shall be deleted; and b after sub-paragraph (m), there shall be inserted the word “or” and the following sub-paragraph:– n in pursuance of section 25 of the Finance Act 1990 (donations to charity by individuals), . Michael B. Forsyth Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th June 1991