The LEA Budget, Schools Budget and Individual Schools Budget (Wales) Regulations 2003

Access to education

11.  Expenditure in relation to the following matters —

(a) management of the authority’s capital programme including preparation and review of an asset management plan and negotiation and management of private finance transactions;

(b) planning and managing the supply of school places, including the authority’s functions —

(i) in relation to school organisation plans pursuant to section 26 of the 1998 Act,

(ii) in relation to the establishment, alteration or discontinuance of schools pursuant to Chapter II of Part II of the 1998 Act or section 113A of, and Schedule 7A to, the 2000 Act(1);

(c) the authority’s functions in relation to the exclusion of pupils from schools or pupil referral units, excluding the making of any provision of education to such pupils, but including advice to the parents of an excluded pupil;

(d) administering the system for admissions of pupils to schools (including admissions appeals and carrying out consultations under section 89(2) of the 1998 Act);

(e) expenditure incurred in connection with the authority’s functions under section 85A of the 1998 Act(2) (which provides for the establishment, and maintenance of admission forums);

(f) the authority’s functions under section 509 and 509AA to 509AC(3) of the 1996 Act (home-to-school and home-to-college transport);

(g) the authority’s functions under sections 510 and 514 of the 1996 Act (provision and administration of clothing grants and boarding grants), and pursuant to regulations made under section 518(1)(c)(4) of the 1996 Act.

(1)

Section 113A and Schedule 7A are to be inserted by section 72 of, and Schedule 9 to, the 2002 Act on a day to be appointed.

(2)

Section 85A of the 1998 Act is to be inserted by section 46 of the 2002 Act on a day to be appointed.

(3)

Sections 509AA, 509AB and 509AC were inserted by section 199 of and Schedule 19 to the 2002 Act.

(4)

Section 518 was substituted by section 129 of the 1998 Act.