The Grants for Pre-school Education (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 715 (S.58)

EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The Grants for Pre-school Education (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997

Made

4th March 1997

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1997

Coming into force

1st April 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 73(a) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Grants for Pre-School Education (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

Amendment of the Grants for Pre-school Education (Scotland) Regulations 1996

2.  Regulation 3 of the Grants for Pre-School Education (Scotland) Regulations 1996(2) shall be amended–

(a) in paragraph (1) by inserting after sub-paragraph (a) the following sub-paragraph:–

“(aa) East Renfrewshire Council as managers of Calderwood Lodge Primary School in the local government area of Glasgow City;” and

(b) by substituting for paragraph (3) the following:–

“(3) Grants under paragraph (1) may be paid also in respect of pre-school education provided–

(a) in a special school outwith any of the areas specified in paragraph (2); or

(b) in the said Calderwood Lodge Primary School,

for a child whose parent is ordinarily resident in any of the areas specified in paragraph 2.”.

Raymond S Robertson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House Edinburgh

4th March 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the grants for Pre-school Education (Scotland) Regulations 1996 to take account of the fact that, as from 1st April 1997, East Renfrewshire Council, one of the education authorities participating in this trial of funding arrangements, will be responsible for managing Calderwood Primary School in the local government area of Glasgow City.

The amendments enable the Secretary of State to pay grants in respect of pre-school education provided at the school during the remainder of the current school year for children whose parent is ordinarily resident in any of the local government areas covered by this funding arrangements trial.

(1)

1980 c. 44; section 74(1) was amended by the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39), Schedule 10, paragraph 8(17).

(2)

S.I. 1996/1783.