Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

(2) This regulation and regulation 2 come into force on 1st August 2013.

(3)Regulation 3 comes into force on 1st September 2013.

(4)Regulation 4 comes into force on 1st November 2013.

(5) In these Regulations—

“the 1987 Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987( 2 ); and

“the 2003 Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003( 3 ).

Amendments to Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations: students from Scotland

2. In column 2 of Table A in Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations( 4 ) (modifications of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987), in the modification of—

(a) regulation 62 of the 1987 Regulations( 5 ) (calculation of grant income), in the inserted paragraph (2C), after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“ (aa) a young students’ bursary or an independent students’ bursary paid under regulation 4(1)(c) of the Students’ Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007 ( 6 ) ; ” ;

(b) regulation 66A of the 1987 Regulations( 7 ) (treatment of student loans), for the substituted paragraph (1) substitute—

“ (1) A student loan (including any notional amount treated as part of the loan in accordance with paragraph (1A)) is to be treated as income, unless it is a hardship loan.

(1A) In the case of a student (S) who is paid a loan under the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 ( 8 ) , that loan is to be treated as including a notional amount that is the difference (if there is one) between—

(a) the maximum amount that would potentially be payable under the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 to an eligible student in the same academic year and studying on the same course as S; and

(b) the amount that is paid to S under the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007. ” .

Amendments to the 2003 Regulations: students from Wales

3. —(1) After regulation 18 of the 2003 Regulations (transitional provisions) insert the following regulation—

“ Transitional provision: amendments made by regulation 3(2) of the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

18A. —(1) Paragraph (2) applies in the case of a student who, in respect of attendance on a course for a period (“the relevant period”) which ends on or after 1st September 2013, continues after this regulation comes into force to be in receipt of a maintenance grant under regulations 38 to 41 of the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) ( No. 2) Regulations 2011 ( 9 ) (which relate to payment of maintenance grants) by virtue of regulation 3(11) of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2012 ( 10 ) (revocation, savings and transitional provisions).

(2) As regards that student—

(a) the amendments made by regulation 3(2) of the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2013(amendments to the 2003 Regulations: students from Wales) only apply with effect from the day after the end of the relevant period; and

(b) until the end of the relevant period, the modification in column 2 of Table A in Schedule 1 of regulation 62 of the Income Support Regulations applies as it had effect immediately before this regulation came into force. ” .

(2) In column 2 of Table A in Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations (modifications of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987), in the modification of regulation 62 of the 1987 Regulations (calculation of grant income)—

(a) for “regulations 38 to 41 of the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2011” substitute “regulations 41 to 44 of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2012”; and

(b) for “regulations 48 to 52” substitute “regulations 51 to 55”.

Amendment of regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations: Universal Credit

4. In regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations( 11 ) (entitlement to full remission and payment), in paragraph (1)(f), for “31st October 2013” substitute “5th April 2014”.