The Education (Outturn Statements) (England) Regulations 2000

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996(1);

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

“the 1995 Regulations” means the Education (School Financial Statements) (Prescribed Particulars etc.) Regulations 1995(2);

“the 1999 Regulations” means the Financing of Maintained Schools Regulations 1999(3);

“allocation formula” means the authority’s formula under regulation 10 of the 1999 Regulations used to determine schools' budget shares;

“authority” means a local education authority;

“budget statement” means the statement referred to in section 52(1) of the 1998 Act;

“DfEE number” means the reference number allocated to a school by the Department for Education and Employment;

“ISB” means an authority’s individual schools budget within the meaning of section 46(2) of the 1998 Act;

“LEA number” means the reference number allocated to an authority by the Department for Education and Employment;

“LSB” means an authority’s local schools budget within the meaning of section 46(1) of the 1998 Act;

“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school;

“outturn statement” means the statement referred to in section 52(2) of the 1998 Act;

“school” means a maintained school;

“special educational needs” and “special educational provision ” have the meanings given to those expressions by section 312 of the 1996 Act;

“Standards Fund grant” means grant paid under section 484 of the 1996 Act together with the authority’s expenditure not offset by that grant but taken into account in determining the amount of that grant;

“statement” in relation to a pupil with special educational needs means a statement made under section 324 of the 1996 Act; and

“version number” means a number which distinguishes a particular form submitted by the authority from earlier versions of that same form prepared by them.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires references to primary or secondary schools do not include special schools.

(3) The following table shows provisions of the 1996 or 1998 Act defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in these Regulations—

financial year	section 579(1) of the 1996 Act
school’s budget share	section 47(1) of the 1998 Act

(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered.

(1)

1996 c. 56.

(2)

S.I. 1995/208.

(3)

S.I. 1999/101.