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Further and Higher Education Act 1992

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Further and Higher Education Act 1992, Section 37 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 14 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

37 Attribution of surpluses and deficits.E+W

(1)This section applies where, immediately before the date on which any educational institution becomes an institution within the further education sector—

(a)it is maintained by a local education authority, F1...

F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and in the financial year ending immediately before that date (referred to in this section as the “relevant financial year”), the institution was covered by a scheme under [F2section 48 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (LEAs’ financial schemes)]; and in this section, in relation to the institution, the scheme is referred to as the “applicable scheme” and the authority concerned as the “assisting authority”.

(2)If the net expenditure of the institution for the relevant financial year is less than the net budget share of the institution for that year, the assisting authority shall pay to the new governing body of the institution a sum equal to the shortfall.

(3)If the net expenditure of the institution for the relevant financial year is greater than the net budget share of the institution for that year, the new governing body of the institution shall pay to the assisting authority a sum equal to the excess.

(4)In this section, in respect of any financial year of the institution—

  • net budget share” means the budget share—

    (i)

    less such amount as may be prescribed in respect of any earned income, and

    (ii)

    plus such amount as may be prescribed in respect of any surplus, and

  • net expenditure” means any expenditure, less such amount as may be prescribed in respect of earned income.

(5)Any sum payable under this section shall be paid in accordance with regulations, and the regulations may provide for sums to be payable by prescribed instalments and for sums to carry prescribed interest.

(6)Regulations may, in the case of any institution where the operative date falls within a financial year in which the institution was covered by such a scheme as is referred to in subsection (1) above, make provision for applying this section with modifications relating to the amounts that are to be taken for the purposes of this section to be the net budget share and the net expenditure of the institution for that year.

(7)In this section, in respect of any financial year of the institution—

  • budget share” means the amount which is that institution’s budget share for the relevant financial year for the purposes of [F3Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998],

  • earned income” means any sums, other than sums appropriated for the purposes of the institution by the assisting authority, received by the institution in respect of the relevant financial year which the institution is authorised under the applicable scheme to retain,

  • expenditure” means such expenditure for the purposes of the institution incurred in the relevant financial year by the former governing body or the assisting authority as may be prescribed,

  • financial year” has the same meaning as in [F4the Education Act 1996],

  • former governing body” means the governing body of the institution immediately before the operative date and “new governing body” means the governing body of the institution on or after that date, and

  • surplus” means the amount of any surplus which the institution is authorised under the applicable scheme to carry forward to the relevant financial year.

(8)In this section—

F5(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)prescribed” means prescribed by regulations.

F6(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1S. 37(1)(b) and preceding word repealed (6.11.2006 for E., 2.1.2008 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 15(a), Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2006/2895, art. 2; S.I. 2007/3611, Sch. Pt. 1

F2Words in s. 37(1) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 40(a) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1.

F3Words in s. 37(7) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 40(b) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1.

F4Words in s. 37(7) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1), 583(2), Sch. 37 Pt. I para. 110(3)(b) (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 37(2)(3) modified (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/563, art. 2, Sch. 1

S. 37 applied (with modifications) (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/1977, regs. 3, 4; (1.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/1453, regs. 3, 4(1); (1.8.1996) by S.I. 1996/1766, regs. 3, 4(1)

C2S. 37(4)(7) applied (with modifications) (1.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/1453, regs. 3, 4(1); (1.8.1996) by S.I. 1996/1766, regs. 3, 4(1)

Commencement Information

I1S. 37 wholly in force at 1.4.1993 see s. 94(3) and S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3

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