Part VIII E+W+S Grants and other financial matters

Recoupment E+W+S

F1 492 Recoupment: adjustment between local education authorities. E+W

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 492 repealed (1.4.2003 for E., 9.1.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2003/124, art. 4; S.I. 2003/2961, art. 7, Sch. Pt. IV

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 492 savings for effects of 2002 c. 32, s. 215, Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (W.) (19.11.2003) by The Education Act 2002 (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2959), regs. 1(1), 9

493 Recoupment: cross-border provisions. E+W+S

(1) Regulations may make provision requiring or authorising payments of amounts determined by or under the regulations to be made by one authority to another where—

(a) the authority receiving the payment makes, in such cases or circumstances as may be specified in the regulations, provision for education in respect of a person having such connection with the area of the paying authority as may be so specified, and

(b) one of the authorities is a local education authority and the other an education authority in Scotland.

[F2 (2)Subsection (3) of section 207 of the Education Act 2002 (recoupment: adjustment between local education authorities) shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that section, but with the omission of the reference to the National Assembly for Wales.

(2A) The regulations may provide for the amounts payable by one authority to another, in such cases as may be specified by or under the regulations, to be such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of State.]

(3) Any question concerning the connection of any person with the area of a particular local education authority or education authority shall be decided in accordance with the regulations.

(4) In subsection (1) “provision for education” includes provision of any benefits or services for which provision is made by or under this Act or any other enactment relating to education.

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 493(2)(2A) substituted for s. 493(2) (1.4.2003 for E., 9.1.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 208(1), 216(4) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2003/124, art. 4; S.I. 2003/2961, art. 7, Sch. Pt. IV

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Ss. 492-495: power to exercise functions modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/120, art. 5, Sch. 2

[F3 494 Recoupment: excluded pupils. E+W

(1) Subsection (2) applies where a pupil is permanently excluded from any school maintained by a local education authority (“the old authority”) and, in the financial year in which the exclusion first takes effect, he is subsequently provided with education by another local education authority (“the new authority”), whether at a school maintained by that authority or otherwise than at school.

(2) The old authority shall pay to the new authority, in connection with the provision of education for that pupil in that financial year, such amount, if any, as is payable in accordance with regulations.

(3) Where a pupil is permanently excluded from any school maintained by a local education authority and, in the financial year in which the exclusion first takes effect, the following events subsequently occur—

(a) he is first provided by another local education authority (“the intermediate authority”) with education in a pupil referral unit or otherwise than at school, and

(b) at any time afterwards he is provided with education by a local education authority other than the intermediate authority (“the last authority”), whether at a school maintained by that authority or otherwise than at school,

then, in connection with the provision of the education mentioned in paragraph (b), subsection (2) shall apply to the intermediate authority and the last authority as if they were an old authority and a new authority respectively.

(4) Any dispute as to whether any local education authority are entitled to be paid any amount under this section by any other such authority shall be determined by the Secretary of State.

(5) Regulations may prescribe the time when the permanent exclusion of a pupil is to be regarded as taking effect for the purposes of this section.]

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 494 substituted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para.128 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2(4), Sch.1 Pt. IV.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 494: transfer of functions (1.4.2003 for E., 9.1.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 208(2)(3), 216(4) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2003/124, art. 4; S.I. 2003/2961, art. 7, Sch. Pt. IV

C4 Ss. 492-495: power to exercise functions modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/120, art. 5, Sch. 2

C5 S. 494 modified (20.11.1998) by S.I. 1998/2670, art.8.