Education Reform Act 1988

43Application of schemes to special schools

(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for requiring or authorising schemes—

(a)to cover special schools maintained by local education authorities; and

(b)to include provision, in the case of any such school which by virtue of any regulations made under paragraph (a) above is required or authorised to be covered by a scheme, for the delegation by the authority concerned of the management of the school’s budget share for any financial year to the governing body of the school.

(2)Regulations under this section—

(a)may make in any provisions of this Chapter such amendments as appear to the Secretary of State to be required in consequence of any provision made in those regulations by virtue of subsection (1) above; and

(b)may provide that any scheme shall have effect with such modifications as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate in consequence of any provision so made.