Part I
Chapter III Finance and Staff
Financing of schools maintained by local education authorities
F135 Revision of schemes.
(1)
Subject to the following provisions of this section, a local education authority may revise the whole or any part of any scheme made by them under section 33 of this Act.
(2)
Section 34(2) and (3) of this Act shall apply where the local education authority are preparing any revision under this section as they apply where they are preparing a scheme under section 33 of this Act.
(3)
Where the local education authority propose to make a significant variation of the scheme—
(a)
they shall first consult every governing body and head teacher whom they are obliged to consult under section 34(4) of this Act, and
(b)
they shall then submit a copy of their proposals to the Secretary of State for his approval,
and where the proposals are so submitted section 34(5) of this Act shall apply to the scheme as revised as it applies to a scheme prepared under section 33.
(4)
A revision which does not make a significant variation of the scheme is referred to in this section as a “minor revision”; and the Secretary of State may by order specify what descriptions of variation are to be regarded as significant for the purposes of this section.
(5)
Where a local education authority propose to revise a scheme and the revision is in their opinion a minor revision, the authority shall give the Secretary of State notice in writing of their proposal, giving brief particulars of the nature of the revision proposed to be made.
(6)
In any such case the authority shall, if so required by the Secretary of State before the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which he receives notice under subsection (5) above of the authority’s proposal, send to him a copy of the scheme as proposed to be revised; and it shall be for the Secretary of State to determine whether or not any revision is a minor revision.
(7)
The Secretary of State may by a direction revise the whole or any part of a scheme made under section 33 of this Act, as from such date as may be specified in the direction.
(8)
Before giving such a direction the Secretary of State shall consult the local education authority concerned and such other persons as he thinks fit.