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2.—(1) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires—
“the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988(1);
“the 1993 Act” means the Education Act 1993;
“the 1990 Regulations” means the Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Finance) Regulations 1990(2);
“the 1994 Regulations” means the Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Finance) (Wales) Regulations 1994(3); and
“the 1995 Regulations” means the Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Finance) (Wales) Regulations 1995(4);
“new school proposals” means proposals published under section 49 of the 1993 Act for the establishment of a new grant-maintained school;
“pupils with statements of special educational needs” means pupils for whom statements of their special educational needs are maintained under section 168 of the 1993 Act;
“school” means a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school situated in Wales.
(2) The expressions listed in the left-hand column below are respectively defined by or (as the case may be) are to be interpreted in accordance with the provisions listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions—
aggregated budget | section 33(4)(b) of the 1988 Act |
allocation formula | section 38(2) of the 1988 Act |
capital grants | section 89 of the 1993 Act |
change in the characteristics of the school | regulation 5(10) |
comparable maintained school | regulation 5(6) |
date of implementation of the proposals | sections 37(2) of the 1993 Act |
delegated budget | section 33(6)(b) of the 1988 Act |
financial year | section 305(1) of the 1993 Act |
financial year in question | regulation 4(3) |
general schools budget | section 33(4)(a) of the 1988 Act(5) |
maintenance grant | section 87(1) of the 1993 Act |
preceding financial year | regulation 5(9) |
relevant date | regulation 15(7) |
relevant expenditure | regulation 13(3) |
relevant percentage | regulation 8(2) |
relevant schools | regulation 10(3) |
scheme | section 51(2)(a) of the 1988 Act(6) |
school’s budget share | section 51(2)(b) of the 1988 Act |
school days | regulation 10(3) |
special purpose grants | section 88 of the 1993 Act. |
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to the relevant authority in relation to any school and any financial year relating to the school, is a reference to the local education authority which is, or was in that financial year, the local education authority for the area in which the school is situated (whether or not, as a result of local government reorganisation(7), that authority has ceased to exist).
(4) In these Regulations references to a school becoming a grant-maintained school are references to a school acquiring grant-maintained status, or being established as a grant-maintained school, under Chapter II, IV or IX of Part II of the 1993 Act, or becoming a grant-maintained special school under Chapter II or IX of Part II of the 1993 Act(8).
(5) For the purposes of these Regulations, a school becomes a grant-maintained school on the date of implementation of the proposals in respect of the school under Chapter II, IV or IX of Part II of the 1993 Act.
(6) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—
(a)a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered, and
(b)a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which the reference appears.
(7) In these Regulations references to primary or secondary schools do not include such schools which are special schools.
S.I. 1994/610.
S.I. 1995/587.
Section 33(4)(a) is amended by section 12(5) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13).
Section 51(2)(a) is amended by section 274(4) of the 1993 Act.
See the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, c. 19.
Chapter II is applied to maintained special schools by the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994, S.I. 1994/653 amended by S.I. 1994/1231, 1994/2003 and 1996/111; and Chapter IX is applied to such schools by the Education (Groups including Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994, S.I. 1994/779.
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