(1)Section 45 of SSFA 1998 (financing of maintained schools: maintained schools to have budget shares) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1A), omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b), and after paragraph (c) insert “, or
(d)a pupil referral unit in England.”
(3)In subsection (3)—
(a)in paragraph (a), after “pupil referral units” insert “in Wales”;
(b)after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)references to the governing body of a maintained school or of a school maintained by a local authority shall be read, in relation to a pupil referral unit in England, as references to the management committee for the unit (in spite of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996);
(ab)references to governors shall be read, in relation to a pupil referral unit in England, as references to the members of the management committee for the unit;”.