Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 19th April 2000.
(2) These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of the financing of maintained schools in England in the financial year beginning on 1st April 2000.
(3) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2000(1).
(4) In these Regulations “maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school.
(5) In these Regulations a reference to proposals for the establishment of a school is a reference to a proposal for the establishment of the school under section 35, 41 or 339(1) of the Education Act 1996(2) or section 28 or 31 of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
(6) In these Regulations a reference (however framed) to a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school includes a proposed school which, on implementation of the proposals for the establishment of the school, will be such a school in the financial year beginning on 1st April 2000.
(7) In these Regulations a reference to a primary or secondary school means a primary or secondary school which is a community, foundation or voluntary school.
(8) In these Regulations a reference (however framed) to schools maintained by a local education authority does not include schools which are not maintained schools as defined in paragraph (4).
S.I. 2000/478.