Applications to the schools forum and the Secretary of State
13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), on the application of a local authority, their schools forum may authorise—
(a)the making of further deductions from their schools budget of any central expenditure under regulation 7(1), in excess of the limit imposed by regulation 7(2);
(b)the reduction of their individual schools budget by making further deductions of central expenditure from their schools budget under regulation 12(1), pursuant to regulation 12(2)(b);
(c)the varying of any limit referred to in paragraph 37 of Schedule 2; or
(d)the funding of any deficit in their central expenditure from the schools budget under regulation 7(4).
(2) Where—
(a)a schools forum does not authorise any of the matters referred to in paragraph (1); or
(b)a local authority are not required to establish a schools forum for their area,
the authority may make an application to the Secretary of State for such authorisation.
(3) On the application of a local authority under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may authorise the matters referred to in paragraph (1).