Curriculum Council for Wales
249Finance
In Schedule 2 to the [1988 c. 40.] Education Reform Act 1988, for paragraph 11 there is substituted—
“Finance
11(1)The Secretary of State may make grants to the Council of such amount as he thinks fit in respect of expenses incurred or to be incurred by it in carrying out its functions.
(2)The payment of grant under this paragraph shall be subject to the fulfilment of such conditions as the Secretary of State may determine.
(3)The Secretary of State may also impose such requirements as he thinks fit in connection with the payment of grant under this paragraph.”
250Proceedings
In that Schedule, there is inserted before paragraph 14—
“13A(1)The chairman of the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority, or a representative of his, shall be entitled to attend and take part in deliberations (but not in decisions) at meetings of the Council or any committee of the Council.
(2)The Council shall provide the chairman of the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority with such copies of any documents distributed to members of the Council or of any such committee as he may require.”
251Accounts
(1)In that Schedule, paragraph 18 (accounts) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1)(b), “in such form as the Secretary of State may direct with the approval of the Treasury” is omitted.
(3)After sub-paragraph (1) there is inserted—
“(1A)The statement of accounts shall comply with any directions given by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury as to—
(a)the information to be contained in it;
(b)the manner in which the information contained in it is to be presented; or
(c)the methods and principles according to which the statement is to be prepared.”
252Transfer of functions in relation to Wales
(1)The Secretary of State may by order transfer any function of the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority in relation to Wales to the body established by section 14(1)(b) of the [1988 c. 40.] Education Reform Act 1988 (Curriculum Council for Wales).
(2)An order under this section may contain such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks fit, including provisions—
(a)for the transfer of staff; and
(b)for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities held, enjoyed or incurred in connection with any function transferred.
253Change of name
(1)In section 14(1)(b) of the Education Reform Act 1988, for “the Curriculum Council for Wales” there is substituted “Awdurdod Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru or the Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales”.
(2)Schedule 15 to this Act (amendments consequential on the change of name) shall have effect.