The Grants for Pre-school Education (Prescribed Children) (Scotland) Order 1996
Part II of the Education (Scotland) Act 1996 empowers the Secretary of State to make grants to providers of education for children under school age. This Order prescribes the description of children for this purpose as being those under compulsory school age to whom education is provided at any time–on or after the beginning (1st August) of the school year preceding the school year in which they would first become eligible to attend a public primary school; andbefore they attend any school other than a nursery school or a nursery class in a primary school.