The Education (Infant Class Sizes) (Grant) Regulations 1999

PART I GENERAL

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Infant Class Sizes) (Grant) Regulations 1999, and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

“approved expenditure” means expenditure approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 3;

“infant class” has the meaning given by section 4 of the 1998 Act;

“infant class grant” means grant paid to a local education authority by the Secretary of State under regulation 3;

“relevant school”, in relation to a local education authority, means a school containing one or more infant classes which is—

(a)

in relation to any time before 1st September 1999(1)—

(i)

a county, voluntary or maintained special school maintained by that authority, or

(ii)

a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school situated within that authority’s area; and

(b)

in relation to any time on or after that date—

(i)

a community, foundation or voluntary school, or

(ii)

a community or foundation special school,

maintained by that authority.

(2) A reference in paragraph (1) to a county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school shall be construed in accordance with the Education Act 1996(2).

(1)

1st September 1999 is the day appointed for the purposes of section 20(7) of the 1998 Act: see S.I. 1998/2083.

(2)

1996 c. 56.