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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 37 para. 108 repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 189(e), Sch.31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
109U.K.In section 28(3)(a) of that Act (institutions which are grant-aided or eligible to receive aid by way of grant) for “section 100(1)(b) of the Education Act 1944” there is substituted “ section 485 of the Education Act 1996 ”.
110(1)Section 37 of that Act (attribution of surpluses and deficits) shall be amended as follows.U.K.
F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In subsection (7)—
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(b)in the definition of “financial year”, for “the Education Reform Act 1988” there is substituted “ the Education Act 1996 ”.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 37 para. 110(2)(3)(a) repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 189(e), Sch.31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
111U.K.In section 54(2) of that Act (duty to give information) for the words from “section 51” to “section 52 of that Act” there is substituted “ regulations under section 492 or 493 of the Education Act 1996 ”.
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Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 37 para. 112 repealed (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 21, s. 153, Sch. 11 (with s. 150); S.I. 2001/654, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II (with art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I (with art. 3)
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Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 37 para. 113 repealed (1.1.2001 (W.) 1.4.2001 (E.)) by 2000 c. 21, s. 153, Sch. 11 (with s. 150); S.I. 2000/3230, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2001/654, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II
114U.K.In section 89(5) of that Act (orders, regulations and directions) for “Section 111 of the Education Act 1944” there is substituted “ Section 570 of the Education Act 1996 ”.
115(1)Section 90 of that Act (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)in the definition of “the Education Acts”, for “means the Education Acts 1944 to 1996” there is substituted “ has the meaning given by section 578 of the Education Act 1996 ”; and
(b)after that definition there is inserted—
““further education” has the meaning given by section 2(3) to (5) of that Act;”.
(3)In subsection (5), for “the Education Act 1944” there is substituted “ the Education Act 1996 ”.
116U.K.In section 92 of that Act (Index)—
(a)in the entry for “further education”, for “section 14(1) to (4)” there is substituted “ section 90(1) ”; and
(b)the entries for “pupil”, “secondary education” and “school” are omitted.
117(1)Schedule 8 to that Act—U.K.
(a)shall continue to have effect with the amendment set out in sub-paragraph (2) (originally made by section 47(6) of the M1Education Act 1993); and
(b)shall be amended as provided in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).
(2)In paragraph 61, for “by virtue of section 126 or 130 and in such a case” there is substituted “ and ”.
(3)In paragraph 62(3), for “or (as the case may be) the Education Act 1993” there is substituted “ or (as the case may be) the Education Act 1996 ”.
(4)In—
(a)paragraph 79(2) (which provides that, in relation to a further education corporation or a Further Education Funding Council, the reference in section 25(2) of the M2Sex Discrimination Act 1975 to section 99 of the M3Education Act 1944 is to be read as a reference to section 57(3) of the 1992 Act), F5. . .
F5(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
for “section 99 of the Education Act 1944” there is substituted “ section 497 of the Education Act 1996 ”.
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 37 para. 117(4)(b) and preceding word repealed (2.4.2001) by 2000 c. 34, s. 9(2), Sch. 3 (with s. 10(5)); S.I. 2001/566, art. 2(1) (with art. 2(2))
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