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Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act.
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2.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 4 of the Principal Act, a scheme under the Principal Act approved of under section 2 of the Principal Act after the commencement of this Act shall—
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(a) provide, in relation to the amount allocated in each local financial year by the corporation of a county borough or council of a county by which the scheme was prepared for payment in respect of scholarships under the scheme, that the amount shall be allocated by the corporation or council, as the case may be, without regard to whether the parents or guardians of the persons to whom the scholarships are awarded comply with the provisions prescribed under paragraph (c) of the said section 4 subject to the proviso that, if one-fourth of the amount aforesaid becomes allocated to persons whose parents or guardians do not comply with the provisions prescribed under the said paragraph (c), the remainder of the amount aforesaid shall be allocated to persons whose parents or guardians comply with the provisions prescribed under the said paragraph (c), and
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(b) reserve to the corporation of a county borough or council of a county by which the scheme was prepared power to award, where the circumstances so warrant, with the approval of the Minister, the whole or part of any scholarship to a person whose parents or guardians do not comply with the provisions of paragraph (b) of the said section 4.
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