1999 No. 710
The Education (Payment for Special Educational Needs Supplies) Regulations 1999
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 318(2) and 569(4) of the Education Act 19961 and section 144(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 19982 the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Payment for Special Educational Needs Supplies) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
In these Regulations “school” means—
a
in the period ending immediately before 1st September 1999, a county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school within the meaning of the Education Act 1996; and
b
in the period commencing on 1st September 1999, a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school within the meaning of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
Prescribed terms as to payment2
Where a local education authority supply, under section 318(1) of the Education Act 1996, goods or services, on or after 1st April 1999, to the governing body of a school which they do not maintain, and which is in the area of another local education authority, the terms on which the authority supply those goods or services may include such terms as to payment as can reasonably be expected to secure that the full cost (but not more than the full cost) of the provision is recovered by the authority.
Revocation and savings3
1
The following Regulations are hereby revoked—
2
The regulations referred to in paragraph (1) above shall continue to apply in relation to the supply of goods and services by a local education authority before 1st April 1999.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)