PART 3Determination of Budget Shares etc.
CHAPTER 1Requirements, and Factors and Criteria Taken into Account
Disability access fund18
1
When determining—
a
budget shares for nursery schools maintained by it;
b
amounts to be allocated in respect of nursery classes in schools maintained by it;
c
amounts to be allocated to relevant early years providers in its area;
d
amounts to be allocated in respect of community early years provision in schools maintained by it,
a local authority must include in the amount to be allocated a single amount of at least £800 for each disabled child who is in receipt of funded early years provision by virtue of regulation 3(3) of the 2014 Regulations.
2
A local authority may only include an amount under paragraph (1) once in respect of any child.
3
For the purposes of this regulation, a child is disabled if he or she is paid or entitled to disability living allowance by virtue of section 71 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 199255.
4
The duty in paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of early years provision which is funded under regulation 14.