Part 5Educational institutions: other provisions

Pupil referral units

50Financing of pupil referral units

(1)

Section 45 of SSFA 1998 (financing of maintained schools: maintained schools to have budget shares) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1A), omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b), and after paragraph (c) insert“, or

(d)

a pupil referral unit in England.”

(3)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

in paragraph (a), after “pupil referral units” insert “ in Wales ”;

(b)

after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

references to the governing body of a maintained school or of a school maintained by a local authority shall be read, in relation to a pupil referral unit in England, as references to the management committee for the unit (in spite of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996);

(ab)

references to governors shall be read, in relation to a pupil referral unit in England, as references to the members of the management committee for the unit;”.