(1)Regulations may make provision requiring or authorising payments of amounts determined by or under the regulations to be made by one authority to another where—
(a)the authority receiving the payment makes, in such cases or circumstances as may be specified in the regulations, provision for education in respect of a person having such connection with the area of the paying authority as may be so specified, and
(b)one of the authorities is a local education authority and the other an education authority in Scotland.
(2)Subsections (3) and (4) of section 492 shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.
(3)Any question concerning the connection of any person with the area of a particular local education authority or education authority shall be decided in accordance with the regulations.
(4)In subsection (1) “provision for education” includes provision of any benefits or services for which provision is made by or under this Act or any other enactment relating to education.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 492-495: power to exercise functions modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/120, art. 5, Sch. 2