Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21)

Part II E+W [F1 Further Education and Sixth Form Education: Wales]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 heading substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 49 (with art. 7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 2 certain functions made exercisable jointly with the Welsh Ministers (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), ss. 113(3)(f), 124(5); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(m)

Main powers E+W

36 Funding of school sixth-forms. E+W

(1) The [F2 Welsh Ministers] may make a grant to a [F3 local authority]—

(a) on the condition that the grant be applied as part of the authority’s [F4 schools budget] for a [F5 funding period ], and

(b) with a view to the grant being used for the purposes of, or for purposes connected with, the provision by schools of education suitable to the requirements of persons above compulsory school age.

(2) A grant made under this section may be made on conditions in addition to the condition mentioned in subsection (1)(a) (including conditions of a kind which could be imposed under section 35).

[F6 (3) In this section—

• “ funding period ” means a financial year or, if some other period is prescribed in relation to Wales under subsection (1B) of section 45 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (maintained schools to have budget shares), that other period;

• [F7 “local authority” means a local authority in Wales (within the meaning of section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996);]

• “ schools budget ” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of that Act (framework for maintained schools). ]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 36(1) substituted (19.1.2011) by Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 1), s. 49(2), Sch. paras. 2, 3; S.I. 2011/97, art. 2(1)(p)

F3 Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 46(2)

F4 Words in s. 36(1)(a) substituted (4.12.2003 for W., 6.11.2006 for E.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 125(2) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4); S.I. 2003/2959, regs. 1(1), 5); S.I. 2003/2961, art. 5, Sch. Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/2895, art. 2

F5 Words in s. 36(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2010 for W.) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(4), Sch. 18 para. 13(2) (with s. 119); S.I. 2010/735, art. 2(e)

F6 S. 36(3) substituted (1.4.2010 for W.) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(4), Sch. 18 para. 13(3) (with s. 119); S.I. 2010/735, art. 2(e)

F7 Words in s. 36(3) inserted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 46(3)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 36 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 36 in force for W. at 1.4.2002 by S.I. 2001/2705, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I