Part 2Financial assistance for education and F1children etc

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Words in Pt. 2 heading substituted (15.11.2004) by Children Act 2004 (c. 31), ss. 59(5), 67(7)(g)

I1I216 Terms on which assistance under section 14 is given

1

Financial assistance under section 14 may be given on such terms as the Secretary of State (or, as the case may be, the National Assembly for Wales) considers appropriate, subject to F7

a

subsection (2B) (which relates to institutions within the higher education sector), and

b

section 175(3B) (which relates to institutions in England that provide further education).

2

The terms may, in particular, include provisions as to—

a

circumstances in which the assistance is to be repaid, or otherwise made good, to the Secretary of State (or the National Assembly for Wales), and the manner in which that is to be done;

b

the giving by the person receiving assistance of financial assistance to other persons on such terms as that person or the Secretary of State (or the Assembly) considers appropriateF2, subject to subsection (2B);

c

circumstances in which any payments made by virtue of terms included by virtue of paragraph (b) are to be repaid, or otherwise made good, to the person receiving assistance from the Secretary of State (or the Assembly), and the manner in which that is to be done;

d

the keeping, and making available for inspection, of accounts and other records.

F32A

Subsection (2B) applies to—

a

financial assistance given under section 14 to an institution within the F4wider higher education sector, F5unless the institution is also an institution within the further education sector, and

b

financial assistance required by virtue of subsection (2)(b) to be given to F6an institution within the wider higher education sector, unless, in relation to a registered higher education provider within the meaning given by section 3(10) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, the institution is also an institution within the further education sector.

2B

The terms on which the assistance is given may not be framed by reference to criteria for the selection and appointment of staff or the admission of students.

3

The person receiving assistance must comply with the terms on which it is given, and compliance may be enforced by the Secretary of State (or, as the case may be, the National Assembly for Wales).

4

Section 15(2) applies to financial assistance required by virtue of subsection (2)(b) as it applies to financial assistance given under section 14.