Part 5Educational institutions: other provisions

Pupil referral units

I150Financing 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;