30.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where two or more maintained schools are federated under section 24 of the 2002 Act(1), the local authority must determine a budget share for each school in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 3 of these Regulations.
(2) After carrying out the determination under paragraph (1) the local authority may treat the schools as a single school for the purposes of these Regulations and, accordingly, allocate a single budget share to the governing body of the federation.
(3) Where the local authority decides to allocate a single budget share to the governing body of a federation under paragraph (2), it must determine it by combining the budget shares of all the schools that form part of that federation.
(4) Where one or more schools are to leave a federation which has been allocated a single budget share under paragraph (2), the local authority must—
(a)determine the budget share for each of the leaving schools; and
(b)redetermine the budget share for the federation,
in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 3.
Section 24 was amended by S.I. 2010/1158.