Education Act 1993

282 Power of LEA to assist governors of aided or special agreement school

(1) A local education authority may give to the governors of an aided or special agreement school such assistance as the authority think fit in relation to the carrying out by the governors of any obligation under—

(a) section 15(3)(a) of the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944 (duty to defray certain maintenance expenses),

(b) paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the [1946 c. 50.] Education Act 1946 (duty to defray expenses of providing school buildings on site to which school transferred under section 16 of the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944), or

(c) section 13(5) of the [1980 c. 20.] Education Act 1980 (duty to implement proposal to alter, etc. school).

(2) In section 15 of the Education Act 1944, after subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A) For the purposes of subsection (4) of this section, the governors of an aided school or a special agreement school shall not be regarded as unable to carry out their obligations under subsection (3)(a) of this section if they are able to carry them out with the benefit of assistance under section 282(1) of the Education Act 1993 (power of local education authority to give assistance).”

(3) In section 90 of the Education Act 1944 (compulsory purchase of land by local education authority) after subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A) The proviso in subsection (1) of this section shall not apply where the local education authority propose that expenditure to be incurred in connection with the purchase should ultimately be borne by them under section 282(1) of the Education Act 1993 (power of local education authority to give assistance).”

(4) In paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the [1946 c. 50.] Education Act 1946, the existing provision becomes sub-paragraph (1) and after that sub-paragraph there is inserted—

“(2) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, the governors of an aided school or a special agreement school shall not be regarded as unable to carry out their obligations under this paragraph if they are able to carry them out with the benefit of assistance under section 282(1) of the Education Act 1993 (power of local education authority to give assistance).”