2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act(1);
“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 Act(2) |
| 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.
Section 51(2)(a) is amended by section 274(4) of the Education Act 1993.