Education Act 1967

1 Extended powers to make contributions, grants and loans.

(1) In sections 102 and 103 of the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944 (which, as amended by section 1(1) of the [1959 c. 60.] Education Act 1959, provide for the making by the Secretary of State of contributions equal to or grants not exceeding three-quarters of certain expenses incurred in the maintenance or provision of aided schools and special agreement schools) for the words " three-quarters " there shall be substituted the words " four-fifths ".

(2) Where the Secretary of State—

(a) has approved proposals submitted to him under section 13(2) of the Education Act 1944 that a school proposed to be established should be maintained by a local education authority as a voluntary school and has directed that the proposed school shall be an aided school or special agreement school; or

(b) has determined under section 67(4) of that Act that alterations to the school premises of an aided school or of a special agreement school would amount to the establishment of a new school and has approved proposals with respect to the school submitted to him under the said section 13(2);

he may, out of moneys provided by Parliament, pay to the managers or governors of the school, in respect of any sums expended by them on the provision of a site for the school or of the school buildings, a grant not exceeding four-fifths of those sums; but no such grant shall be payable to the managers or governors of a special agreement school in respect of any sums expended by them in the execution of proposals to which the special agreement for the school relates.

(3) Subsection (3) of section 103 of the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944 (which makes provision for the exercise of the Secretary of State's discretion in determining the amount of grants under that section) shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to grants under subsection (2) of this section.

(4) For the purposes of section 105 of the Education Act 1944 (which authorises the Secretary of State to make loans to the managers or governors of aided schools and special agreement schools for certain initial expenses involving capital expenditure) any expenses in respect of which the Secretary of State may make a grant under subsection (2) of this section shall be included in the expression " initial expenses", and in determining the managers' or governors' share of any initial expenses the amount of any such grant paid or payable in respect of them shall be taken into account in the same way as grants under section 103 of that Act.

(5) The following provisions, being superseded by this section, shall cease to have effect (subject to subsection (6) of this section), that is to say—

(a) in section 103 of the Education Act 1944, in subsection (1) the words from " or directs " to " discontinued " and the words " or any school to be established ", and in subsection (3) the words from " or of the sites " to the end;

(b) section 104 of that Act;

(c) section 1 of the [1953 c. 33.] Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 and, in section 8 of that Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and the word " and " preceding that paragraph, and subsection (2); and

(d) section 1 of the [1959 c. 60.] Education Act 1959, except subsection (4) of that section.

(6) Nothing in this section shall extend to contributions or grants in respect of expenditure on work which—

(a) was begun before 4th July 1966; or

(b) was approved by the Secretary of State before that date under section 13(6) of the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944 or under any arrangements relating to work to which that section does not apply; or

(c) was included in a programme notified to a local education authority as the main building programme approved by the Secretary of State for the twelve months beginning with April 1966 or for any earlier period;

or in respect of expenditure on the provision of the site on which or buildings to which any such work was done or proposed to be done.