Education Act 1968

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1968 c. 17
by education beginning or ceasing to be provided for pupils above or below a particular age; orby education beginning or ceasing to be provided for girls as well as boys, of for boys as well as girls; orby any enlargement or alteration of the school premises or transfer of the school to a new site;(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In the enactments mentioned in Schedule I to this Act there shall be made the amendments provided for by that Schedule, being amendments arising out of or related to the provisions in subsections (1) and (2) above ; and the enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule.that a school is to be or have been regarded as being the same school before and after any such event as is there mentioned; orthat anything may be or have been lawfully done without proposals being approved under section 13 of the (5) Subject to subsection (4) above, this section shall not apply in relation to things proposed to be done before the end of the summer term 1968, nor in relation to proposals approved before then under section 13 of the (a) for the words from “Where a local education authority intend to establish a new county school” to “for that purpose” there shall be substituted the words “Where proposals with respect to a school maintained or to be maintained by a local education authority are submitted” ; and(b) for the word “established” in paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words “a school”.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In the proviso to section 10(2) of the Education Act 1944, as set out in section 7(1) of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948 (which proviso enables the Secretary of State in certain circumstances to permit school premises not to conform to the prescribed standards) for the words “having regard to shortage of labour or materials” in paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the words “having regard to the need to control public expenditure in the interests of the national economy”(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under the Education Acts 1944 to 1967.
  • (1) In accordance with the provisions of this Act (apart from the transitional provisions in section 1(5) ) , the following sections, namely,—
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    (2) The provisions above referred to, . . . (1) This Act may be cited as the Education Act 1968 and this Act and the Education Acts 1944 to 1967 may be cited together as the Education Acts 1944 to 1968.(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Education Acts 1944 to 1967.(3) This Act does not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.In section 17 of the Education Act 1944 there shall be added as a new subsection (6) —
    • “(6) Where proposals for a significant change in the character of a voluntary school are approved under section 13 of this Act, then, without prejudice to the power to vary orders conferred by section 111, the Secretary of State may by order make such variations of the articles of government (if the school is a secondary school) ,or such modifications authorised by subsection (4) of this section in the provisions of a trust deed as appear to him to be required in consequence of the proposed change in the character of the school ; and so much of subsection (5) of this section as relates to the making of representations with respect to orders under this section shall not apply to an order made in pursuance only of the power conferred by this subsection.
    Where proposals for a significant change in the character of a voluntary school are approved under section 13 of this Act, then, without prejudice to the power to vary orders conferred by section 111, the Secretary of State may by order make such variations of the articles of government (if the school is a secondary school) ,or such modifications authorised by subsection (4) of this section in the provisions of a trust deed as appear to him to be required in consequence of the proposed change in the character of the school ; and so much of subsection (5) of this section as relates to the making of representations with respect to orders under this section shall not apply to an order made in pursuance only of the power conferred by this subsection.

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