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Education (Grants and Allowances) (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Order 2023

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A decision made 12 July 2023:

Decision Reference:  MD-CED-2023-470

Public

Subject: Education (Grants and Allowances) (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Order 2023

 

Report Title: Education (Grants and Allowances) (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Order 2023

Public

Decision(s):

The Minister for Children and Education decided to make the Education (Grants and Allowances) (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Order 2023. The Order will come into force on the day after it is made.

Reason for Decision(s):

This Order amends the Education (Grants and Allowances) (Jersey) Order 2018, ('Grants Order'), to provide that students with relevant assets of more than £500,000 are deemed to have relevant income of £200,000 or more for the purposes of an award of a maintenance grant or a clinical component grant, as well as tuition fees grant. Under the Grants Order, as recently amended by the Education (Grants and Allowances) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Order 2023, ('No. 4 Order), assets exceeding £500,000 are deemed to equate to £200,000 or more of relevant income only in respect of an award of a tuition fees grant. This amendment restores the intended policy to the position it was before the Grants Order was amended by the No. 4 Order. This Order also amends Article 12 of the Grants Order to define the term 'clinical component grant'.

Resource Implications: There are no additional resource implications from this amendment.

 

Action Required: Officers to notify the Publications Editor and the Principal Legislative Drafter that the Order has been made, forward and sign the sealed Order to the Publications Editor, States Greffe, and request the Greffier of the States to arrange for its notification to the States.

Signature:

 

 

Signed By: Assistant Minister for Children and Education

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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