EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations— a may be cited as the Education (Grants) (Music, Ballet and Choir Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 1997; b shall come into force on 1st September 1997; and c shall apply to a school year beginning on or after that date. 2 Schedule 1 to the Education (Grants) (Music, Ballet and Choir Schools) Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows— a in the proviso to paragraph 7(2), for “which includes the first day of the school year” there is substituted “ending in the calendar year which includes the beginning of the school year”; b in paragraph 8— i in sub-paragraphs (3) and (5), for “£1,200” in each place where it occurs, there is substituted “£1,230”, and ii sub-paragraph (6) (c) (ii) is omitted; c in paragraph 13(2), for “£8,498” there is substituted “£8,723”; d for the table in paragraph 13(3), there is substituted the following table— Table (1) (2) (3) Part of the relevant income to whichspecified percentage applies Only aided pupil Each of twoaided pupils That part which exceeds £8,574 but does not exceed £10,823 10% 7.5% That part (if any) which exceeds £10,823 but does not exceed £15,208 20% 15% That part (if any) which exceeds £15,208 12.5% 7.5% . e in paragraph 14— i in sub-paragraph (2), for “£10,687” there is substituted “£10,972”, and ii in sub-paragraph (3), for “£10,538” there is substituted “£10,823”; f for paragraph 15, there is substituted— Allowance for child holding assisted place 15 Where the parents of an aided pupil have another child who holds an assisted place at an independent school provided under section 2(1) of the Education (Schools) Act 1997 , the parents' residual liability for designated fees shall be calculated pursuant to paragraph 13 or 14 above (as the case may be) as if that child held an aided place for the purposes of that paragraph. ; g for paragraph 16 there is substituted— Remission of charges for meals — day pupils 16 1 This paragraph applies to an aided pupil who is a day pupil where his parents satisfy the school at any time during a school year, or the month preceding the beginning of that year, that they are in receipt of a relevant benefit. 2 A school shall remit the whole of any charges which they would otherwise make for meals provided for a pupil to whom this paragraph applies— a for the whole of that school year, where they are satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (1) at or before the beginning of that year, or b for the remainder of the school year, where they are satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (1) in the course of that year, irrespective of whether the parents may subsequently cease to be in receipt of a relevant benefit. 3 In this paragraph, “relevant benefit” means— a income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 , or b an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act 1995 . ; h 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 £11,355, of an amount equal to so much of the parents' clothing expenditure as does not exceed— a £174 where the relevant income does not exceed £9,969; b £130 where that income exceeds £9,969 but does not exceed £10,433; c £85 where that income exceeds £10,433 but does not exceed £10,881; and d £44 where that income exceeds £10,881 but does not exceed £11,355. ; i 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 £10,881 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 £65 where the relevant income does not exceed £10,135; and b £34 where that income exceeds £10,135 but does not exceed £10,881. ; and j in paragraph 19— i in sub-paragraph (2)(a), for “£9,886” there is substituted “£10,148”, ii in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for “£9,707” there is substituted “£9,969”, and iii in sub-paragraph (3), after “payments on account are made” there is inserted “then”; and k in the Appendix, there is omitted paragraph 3(2)(h). 3 In paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations, for “section 47 of the Education ( No. 2) Act 1986 ”, there shall be substituted “section 548(1) of the Education Act 1996 ”. Stephen Byers Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 4th August 1997