"
Insert after paragraph 15(1)–
"
(1A) In respect of a voluntary payment made to a student, paragraph (1) shall only apply to £20 of that payment.
(1B) The total amount disregarded in respect of voluntary payments to a student under sub-paragraph (1) shall not exceed £20 per week.
(1C) In paragraph (1A) and (1B) "student" has the meaning given in regulation 61(1)."".
SHONA ROBISON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
6th September 2007
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 ("the Regulations").
Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 2 of the Regulations by substituting the definition of "the 2007 Regulations" as a consequence of the consolidation of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations.
Regulation 2(3)(a) amends the entry in Table A of the Schedule to the Regulations relating to regulation 66A of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ("the 1987 Regulations") as a consequence of the consolidation of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations.
Regulation 2(3)(b) amends the entry in Table A of the Schedule to the Regulations relating to Schedule 9 to the 1987 Regulations to provide that in respect of a voluntary payment made to a student only £20 of that payment is to be disregarded in calculating that student's income. The maximum amount of voluntary payments to a student that can be disregarded is £20 per week.
Notes:
[1]
1978 c.29; Section 75A was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c.7), section 14(2), and amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), Schedule 2, paragraph 13, the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1977 (c.46), Schedule 2, Part I, paragraphs 32 and 51, and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(13), and by S.I. 1998/2385; section 105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), Schedule 6, paragraph 5, and Schedule 7, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), Schedule 9, paragraph 24, and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), Schedule 4, paragraph 60; section 108(1) contains definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations" relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. 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).back
[2]
S.S.I. 2003/460; amended by S.S.I. 2004/102 and 166, 2005/3 and 179, 2006/142, 183 and 440 and 2007/225 and 259.back
[3]
Regulation 2 was amended by S.S.I. 2004/102 and 166, 2005/3 and 179 and 2007/259.back
[4]
S.S.I. 2007/389.back
[5]
S.S.I. 2007/154.back
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