Education (Administrative Provisions) Act 1911

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1911 c. 32


Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1911

(1 & 2 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 32.

An Act to make provision for the better administration by the Central and Local Authorities in England and Wales of the Enactments relating to Education.

[16th December 1911]

Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

S-1 Power of Board of Education to make contribution orders in respect of border children.

1 Power of Board of Education to make contribution orders in respect of border children.

(1) Where any children resident in the area of any local education authority for the purpose of Part III. of the Education Act, 1902 , are receiving education in any public elementary school within the area of some other local education authority, the Board of Education may, if they think fit, on the application of that other local education authority (in this section referred to as the applicant authority), and after giving the first-named local education authority (in this section referred to as the respondent authority) an opportunity of being heard, make a contribution order under this section.

(2) For the purpose of this section, a contribution order means an order directing the respondent authority to pay to the applicant authority annually such sum as the Board think proper in respect of children resident in the area of the respondent authority who, in the opinion of the Board, are properly receiving education in a public elementary school within the area of the applicant authority.

(3) In considering whether children are properly receiving education in a school outside the area in which they reside, the Board of Education shall have regard to the interests of secular instruction, to the wishes of parents as to the education of their children, and to economy of rates.

(4) Any sum due to an applicant authority under a contribution order shall be recoverable as a debt due to that authority from the respondent authority, and the Board of Education may, if they think fit, without prejudice to any other remedy on the part of the applicant authority, pay any such sum to the applicant authority, and deduct any sum so paid from any sums payable to the respondent authority on account of Parliamentary grants.

(5) If any question arises between the applicant and respondent authorities as to the amount due...

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