Education Act 1996

22 Functions of funding authorities

(1) The functions which are or may be exercisable by a funding authority include in particular those which are or may be so exercisable by virtue of—

(a) section 23 (value-for-money studies of grant-maintained schools);

(b) section 27 (responsibility for provision of school places to be held together with, or to the exclusion of, local education authority); and

(c) Chapter VI of Part III (funding of grant-maintained schools).

(2) Schedule 3 enables the Secretary of State to transfer to a funding authority certain functions of his with respect to education.