Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

Information N.I.

Arts. 65 and 66 rep. by 2003 NI 12

Financial statements in respect of special schools not covered by statements under[F1 Article 7 of the 2003 Order] N.I.

67.—(1) Before the beginning of each financial year [F2 the Authority] shall prepare a statement of the financial provision initially planned by [F2 the Authority] in respect of that financial year for any special schools under the management of, or maintained by, [F2 the Authority], other than special schools in respect of which, by virtue of any provision made by regulations under Article 59, any information is required to be included in a statement prepared by [F2 the Authority] in respect of that year under[F1 Article 7 of the 2003 Order].

(2) A statement under paragraph (1) shall contain such information as the Department may direct.

(3) After the end of each financial year in respect of which [F2 the Authority] is required to prepare a statement under paragraph (1), [F2 the Authority] shall prepare a statement containing such information with respect to—

(a) expenditure actually incurred in that year for the purposes of all schools required to be covered by the statement under paragraph (1); and

(b) expenditure so incurred which was incurred, or is treated by [F2 the Authority] as having been incurred, for the purposes of each such school,

as the Department may direct.

(4) A statement prepared under this Article shall be prepared in such form, and published in such manner and at such times, as the Department may direct.

(5) [F2 The Authority] shall furnish—

(a) the Board of Governors of any school required to be covered by a statement prepared under paragraph (1) in respect of any financial year; and

(b) if any of those schools is a Catholic maintained school, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools,

with a copy of each statement prepared by [F2 the Authority] under this Article in relation to that year.

(6) A Board of Governors shall secure that a copy of any statement furnished to it under this Article is available for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school.

F1 2003 NI 12

F2 Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)

[F3 Interpretation of this Chapter N.I.

67A.— (1) In this Chapter “the 2003 Order” means the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.

(2) In this Chapter—

(a) references to a school which has a delegated budget are references to a school managed by a Board of Governors to which [F2 the Authority] has for the time being delegated the management of the school's budget share in pursuance of the common funding scheme;

(b) the Board of Governors of a school to which [F2 the Authority] is required by the scheme to delegate the management of the school's budget share is said to have a right to a delegated budget.

(3) In this Chapter—

• “the common funding scheme” means the common funding scheme under Article 3 of the 2003 Order;

• F4 ...

(4) References in this Chapter—

(a) to a school's budget share are to be construed in accordance with Article 4(3) of the 2003 Order;

(b) to a relevant school are to be construed in accordance with Article 3(2) of that Order.

(5) The Department may by order subject to affirmative resolution substitute for references in this Chapter to a financial year references to such other period as the Department may determine.

(6) Directions and guidance given by the Department under this Chapter shall—

(a) be in writing; and

(b) be published in such manner as the Department thinks fit.]

F2 Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)

F3 2003 NI 12

F4 Words in art. 67A(3) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)