Part IV Miscellaneous and General
Miscellaneous provisions
F1218 School and further and higher education regulations.
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F2218A Regulations under section 218(6): further provision.
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F3219 Powers of the Secretary of State in relation to certain educational institutions.
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F4220 Extension of functions of Audit Commission.
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221 Avoidance of certain contractual terms.
F5(1)
This section applies to any contract made after 20th November 1987—
(a)
for purposes connected with a local authority’s education functions, between the authority and a person employed by the authority; or
(b)
between a governing body of a foundation, voluntary aided or foundation special school and a person employed by the governing body,
other than a contract made in contemplation of the employee’s pending dismissal by reason of redundancy.
(2)
In so far as a contract to which this section applies provides that the employee—
(a)
shall not be dismissed by reason of redundancy; or
(b)
if he is so dismissed, shall be paid a sum in excess of the sum which the employer is liable to pay him under F6section 135 of the Employment Rights Act 1996,
the contract shall be void and of no effect.
(3)
In this section—
“governing body”, in relation to an institution, includes a body corporate established for the purpose of conducting that institution;
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(a)
provides higher education or further education (or both); and
(b)
is either a designated assisted institution or an institution which is grant-aided or eligible to receive aid by way of grant.
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224 Superannuation for staff of Further Education Unit.
(1)
The persons to whom section 1 of the M1Superannuation Act 1972 applies (persons to or in respect of whom benefits may be provided by schemes under that section) shall include—
(a)
persons who at any time after the passing of this Act are serving in employment with the company formed and registered under the M2Companies Act 1948 and known at the passing of this Act as the Further Education Unit; and
(b)
persons who at any time before the passing of this Act have ceased to serve in employment with that company;
and accordingly a reference to that company shall be inserted at the appropriate point in the alphabetical list of “Other Bodies” in Schedule 1 to that Act.
(2)
That company shall pay to the Treasury, at such times as the Treasury may direct, such sums as the Treasury may determine in respect of the increase attributable to this section in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under that Act.
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226 Services for schools in other member States providing education for British children.
(1)
This section applies to any school which—
(a)
is situated in a member State other than the United Kingdom;
(b)
provides education for pupils who are British citizens, have attained the age of five years but not the age of nineteen years and are residing in that member State;
(c)
has a curriculum which, in the case of any pupil at the school, is broadly similar to the curriculum which he would follow if he were a pupil at a maintained school in England and Wales; and
(d)
has such other characteristics as may be prescribed.
(2)
In the case of a school to which this section applies the Secretary of State shall—
(a)
on a regular basis provide the persons responsible for the management of the school with such information relating to educational developments in England and Wales as he thinks appropriate; and
(b)
if those persons so request, make arrangements for inspections to be made of the school F11by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills.
(3)
The Secretary of State shall charge the persons at whose request any inspection of a school is made under this section such fees as will cover the full cost of the inspection.
(4)
In this section “maintained school” means F12any community, foundation or voluntary school..