(1)A local education authority may, in accordance with the provisions of a scheme made by them for the purposes of this section, pay travelling and subsistence allowances to governors of—
(a)[F1any county, voluntary or maintained special school which does not have a delegated budget (construed in accordance with section 33(6)(b) of the Education Reform Act 1988)]; and
[F2(b)any establishment of higher or further education which is maintained by a local education authority;]
(2)Such a scheme may make different provision in relation to schools or other establishments of different categories (including provision for allowances not to be paid in respect of certain categories) but shall not make different provision in relation to different categories of governor of the same school or establishment.
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(5)Subject to subsection (6) below, a local education authority may pay travelling and subsistence allowances to persons appointed to represent them on the governing bodies of—
[F4F3(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ab)establishments of higher or further education which are not maintained by them F5. . .; or]
(b)any independent school or special school which is not maintained by them.
(6)A local education authority shall not pay any allowance under subsection (5) above for expenses in respect of which the person incurring them is entitled to reimbursement by any person other than the authority or if—
(a)the authority have not made any scheme under subsection (1) above; or
(b)the arrangements under which the allowance would otherwise be payable—
(i)provide for allowances which are to any extent more generous than the most generous payable by the authority under any such scheme; or
(ii)contain any provision which the authority would not have power to include in any such scheme.
(7)No allowance may be paid to any governor of a school or establishment of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) above in respect of the discharge of his functions as such a governor, otherwise than under this section.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 58(1)(a) substituted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19 para.106; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch.2
F2S. 58(1)(b) substituted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 103(2)
F3S. 58(3)(4)(5)(a) repealed (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93, Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 26(a), Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3, Appendix
F4S. 58(5)(a)(ab) substituted for s. 58(5)(a) by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 103(5)
F5Words in s. 58(5)(ab) repealed (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93, Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 26(b), Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3, Appendix