The Education (Partnership Grant) Regulations 1998

PART I GENERAL

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Partnership Grant) Regulations 1998, and shall come into force on 5th June 1998.

(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to schools and LEAs in England.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;

“approved expenditure”—

(a)

in relation to partnership grant, means expenditure approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 3(2); and

(b)

in relation to research grant, means expenditure approved by him under regulation 5(2);

“independent school” means a registered school (as defined in section 465 of the 1996 Act);

“LEA” means a local education authority;

“maintained school” means—

(a)

a school maintained by an LEA,

(b)

a special school not so maintained, or

(c)

a grant-maintained school.

“partnership grant” means grant payable under regulation 3;

“partnership project” has the meaning specified in regulation 3(1);

“project organiser” means any person (including an LEA or the proprietor of an independent school but not the governing body of a maintained school) who the Secretary of State is satisfied is organising or intends to organise a partnership project;

“research grant” means grant payable under regulation 5; and

references to a “school” include (except where the context otherwise requires) references to the proprietor thereof and persons acting with the proprietor’s authority.