Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 2084
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005
Made
26th July 2005
Laid before Parliament
3rd August 2005
Coming into force
1st September 2005
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 22, 42(6) and 43(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998( 1 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st September 2005.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 2002 Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002( 2 );
“the 2005 Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2005( 3 ).
Amendment of the 2002 Regulations
3. —(1) Paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 2002 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) The words “or the child of such a national” are omitted.
(3) The word “and” is omitted at the end of sub-paragraph (b).
(4) After sub-paragraph (c) there is inserted—
“ (d) who, where he is a national of the United Kingdom, has a right to be treated no less favourably than a national of another Member State by virtue of having exercised a Community right of free movement; and
(e) who, in a case where his ordinary residence referred to in sub-paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full time education, was ordinarily resident in the European Economic Area immediately prior to the period of ordinary residence referred to in sub-paragraph (c). ” .
Amendment of the 2005 Regulations
4. —(1)Regulation 18 of the 2005 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (4)(a), there is substituted for the figure “£114.75” the figure “£148.75”.
(3) In paragraph (4)(b), there is substituted for the figure “£170” the figure “£255”.
(4) In paragraph (7), there is substituted for the definition of “approved childcare provider” the following—
“ “approved childcare provider” means a childcare provider approved in accordance with the Tax Credit (New Category of Child Care Provider) Regulations 1999 ( 4 ) or the Tax Credits (Approval of Child Care Providers) Scheme 2005 ( 5 ) ; and ” .
5. —(1) Paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the 2005 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) The words “or the child of such a national” are omitted.
(3) The word “and” is omitted at the end of sub-paragraph (a).
(4) After sub-paragraph (b) there is inserted—
“ (c) who, where he is a national of the United Kingdom, has a right to be treated no less favourably than a national of another Member State by virtue of having exercised a Community right of free movement; and
(d) who, in a case where his ordinary residence referred to in sub-paragraph (b) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full time education, was ordinarily resident in the European Economic Area immediately prior to the period of ordinary residence referred to in sub-paragraph (b). ” .
6. —(1) Schedule 5 to the 2005 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 5(3)—
(a) the words “, as a result of some event beyond his control,” are omitted; and
(b) for “household income” there is substituted “parent’s income”.
(3) In paragraph 5(4), for “as a result of some event beyond his control” there is substituted “as a result of any event”.
Bill Rammell
Minister of State
Department for Education and Skills
26th July 2005
1998 c. 30 ; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21) , section 146 and Schedule 11, the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) , Schedule 6, the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) , section 147 and the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8) , section 42. Section 42 and section 43 were amended by the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) , Schedule 12.
S.I. 2002/3200 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/3280 , S.I. 2004/161 and S.I. 2005/1341 .
S.I. 1999/3110 .
S.I. 2005/93 .