Part VII Miscellaneous and general
Financial assistance to non-maintained schools
E1130 Transfer of assisted places.
1
In section 3(2) of the M1Education (Schools) Act 1997 (regulations for purposes of transitional arrangements), after paragraph (f) there shall be added—
g
provide for the Secretary of State, in a case where he is satisfied that it is reasonable to do so in view of any particular circumstances relating to a pupil who holds (or has at any time held) an assisted place provided by a school under section 2(1), to authorise another school which is either—
i
a former participating school, or
ii
a new school authorised to provide assisted places by virtue of paragraph (f) above,
to provide for the pupil under section 2(1) the assisted place which the first-mentioned school was authorised to provide.
2
In section 75A(9A) of the M2Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (regulations in connection with assisted places)—
a
the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (b) shall be omitted; and
b
after that paragraph there shall be inserted
; and
c
provide for the Secretary of State, in a case where he is satisfied that it is reasonable to do so in view of any particular circumstances relating to a pupil who holds (or has, at any time since the beginning of the first term of the 1997-98 school year, held) an assisted place at a school under a scheme operated by virtue of subsection (1) above, to authorise another school which is, or is treated as, a participating school to provide for the pupil under such a scheme the assisted place which the first-mentioned school was authorised to provide.