SCHEDULE 3Public bodies

SECTION 1Interpretation

Public bodies: proprietors of Academies and colleges

4.

(1)

The proprietor of—

(a)

an Academy within the meaning of section 482 of the Education Act 199655;

(b)

a city technology college or city college for the technology of the arts within the meaning of section 482 of that Act as originally enacted,

is a public body.

(2)

Where—

(a)

a proprietor described in sub-paragraph (1) is the proprietor of more than one Academy or college; and

(b)

those Academies or colleges are situated in more than one local authority area,

the proprietor is a separate public body in respect of those Academies or colleges in different local authority areas.

(3)

Where a proprietor would be required to register as a participant under Part 2—

(a)

if it were not a public body under sub-paragraph (1); and

(b)

excluding the scheme activities in respect of which it is such a public body,

the proprietor is, as applicable, a separate public body or undertaking in respect of its other scheme activities.