SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16Funding of maintained schools

2Power to provide for budgets to relate to period other than financial year

1

Section 45 of the 1998 Act (maintained schools to have budget shares) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) for “financial year” substitute “funding period”.

3

After subsection (1A) insert—

1B

In this Chapter “funding period” means a financial year or such other period as may be prescribed.

4

In subsection (2)—

a

for “45A and” substitute “45A to”, and

b

for “financial year” substitute “funding period”.