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.