The Education (Grant-Maintained and Grant-Maintained Special Schools) (Finance) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Made: 13th May 1996

Laid before Parliament: 20th May 1996

Coming into force: 11th June 1996

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 81(2), 82(2), 83(2), 88, 89, 90, 94 and 301(6) of the Education Act 1993[^f00001] the Secretary of State for Wales hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and Commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 11th June 1996.

Amendment of Regulations

2

Schedule 5 to the Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) (Wales) Regulations 1996[^f00002] shall be amended by the addition at the end of Schedule 5, after paragraph 2(e) of that Schedule, of the following sub-paragraph:

(f) expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the governing body of primary schools in connection with— (i) the procurement of professional advice for the purposes of the school; and (ii) staff absences.

Signed

William Hague — Secretary of State for Wales — 13th May 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Schedule 5 to the Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) (Wales) Regulations 1996 (which apply only to grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools situated in Wales) by adding an additional sub-paragraph which provides that special purpose grants may be paid to meet expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the governing bodies of primary schools in connection with staff absences and the procurement of professional advice.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1993 c. 35. Sections 81 to 95 apply to grantmaintained special schools and their governing bodies by virtue of regulation 23 of the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994, S.I. 1994/653, as substituted by regulation 11 of the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 1994, S.I. 1994/1231. For the meaining of “regulations” see section 305(1) of the 1993 Act.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1996/537.