PART 1GENERAL
Citation, commencement and application1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st September 1994.
2
These Regulations apply in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1994.
Interpretation2
1
In these Regulations—
“the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act2;
“the 1993 Act” means the Education Act 1993;
“financial year in question” means the financial year beginning in 1994;
“local education authority” in relation to any school means the local education authority by which the school was maintained immediately before it became a grant-maintained special school;
“preceding financial year” means the financial year beginning in 1993; and
“school” means a grant-maintained special school situated in England not being a school established in pursuance of proposals made by the funding authority under section 183 of the 1993 Act.
2
The expressions listed in the left-hand column below are respectively defined by or (as the case may be) are to be interpreted in accordance with the provisions listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions—
aggregated budget | section 33(4)(b) of the 1988 Act |
capital grants | section 83(1) of the 1993 Act |
delegated budget | section 33(6)(b) of the 1988 Act |
financial year | section 305(1) of the 1993 Act |
general schools budget | section 33(4)(a) of the 1988 Act |
maintenance grant | section 81(1) of the 1993 Act |
relevant date | regulation 11(7) |
relevant expenditure | regulation 9(3) |
relevant percentage | regulation 5(2) |
scheme | section 51(2)(a) of the 1988 Act3 |
school’s budget share | section 51(2)(b) of the 1988 Act |
special purpose grants | section 82(1) of the 1993 Act. |
3
In these Regulations—
a
references to a change in the characteristics of a school include, in particular, references to any change in the number of registered pupils thereat; and
b
references to a school becoming a grant-maintained special school are references to a school becoming such a school under Part 2 of the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994.
4
For the purposes of these Regulations a school becomes a grant-maintained special school on the date of implementation of the proposals in respect of the school under Chapter II or IX of Part II of the 1993 Act.
5
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—
a
a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered, and
b
a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which the reference appears.