The Self-Governing Schools Grant and Recovery (Scotland) Regulations 1994

PART IV GENERAL PROVISIONS

Payment of recurrent grant in advance of determination

19.  Payments to a board of management in respect of recurrent grant for any school in respect of any grant year may be made, before any amount has been determined in accordance with these Regulations as the amount of such grant payable for that year in respect of the school, by reference to an estimate of the amount which will be so payable made by the Secretary of State.

Time and manner of payment of grants

20.  Recurrent grant, capital grants and special purpose grants may be paid as single payments, or by instalments of such amounts and at such times as the Secretary of State may determine.

Recovery of overpayment of grants

21.  Where any sum is payable by the board of management of a self-governing school to the Secretary of State under any of the requirements set out in paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 or10 of Schedule 5 and imposed on the board, the Secretary of State may (without prejudice to any other mode of recovery) recover the whole or any part of that sum by deducting it from any grant payable by him to the board of management.

Requirements which may be imposed in respect of recurrent grant, capital grants or special purpose grants

22.—(1) The requirements set out in Part 1 of Schedule 5 are requirements which may be imposed by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 26(7) of the Act on boards of management to whom payments in respect of recurrent grant, capital grants or special purpose grants are or have been made.

(2) The Secretary of State may determine and further impose in accordance with that section on boards of management to whom payments in respect of recurrent grant, capital grants or special purpose grants are or have been made any requirement of a type set out in Part 2 of Schedule 5.