Education (Infant Class Sizes) (Grant) Regulations 1999
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1999/14 |
1999 No. 14
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (Infant Class Sizes) (Grant) Regulations 1999
Made 7th January 1999
Laid before Parliament 12th January 1999
Coming into force 1st April 1999
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 3 and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 19981, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, as regards England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as regards Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:
PART I
GENERAL
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Infant Class Sizes) (Grant) Regulations 1999, and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“approved expenditure” means expenditure approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 3;
“infant class” has the meaning given by section 4 of the 1998 Act;
“infant class grant” means grant paid to a local education authority by the Secretary of State under regulation 3;
“relevant school”, in relation to a local education authority, means a school containing one or more infant classes which is—
(a) in relation to any time before 1st September 19992—
(i) a county, voluntary or maintained special school maintained by that authority, or
(ii) a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school situated within that authority’s area; and
(b) in relation to any time on or after that date—
(i) a community, foundation or voluntary school, or
(ii) a community or foundation special school,
maintained by that authority.
(2) A reference in paragraph (1) to a county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school shall be construed in accordance with the Education Act 19963.
PART II
PAYMENT OF GRANTS
Infant class grant
3. Subject to regulations 4 and 5, the Secretary of State may pay grants (“infant class grant”) to a local education authority in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by them for the purpose of ensuring that the limit imposed by Regulations4made under section 1 of the 1998 Act is complied with in relation to infant classes at relevant schools, but only to the extent to which that expenditure is approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation.
Withholding of grant
4. The Secretary of State may not pay any infant class grant to a local education authority where no proposed arrangements by that authority have been approved by him under section 2 of the 1998 Act.
Determination of amount of grant
5. When determining whether any infant class grant (and if so, what amount) should be paid by him to a local education authority, the Secretary of State shall have regard to their proposed arrangements as so approved by him under section 2 of the 1998 Act.
Rate of grant
6. Grant paid under these Regulations may be of any amount (determined by the Secretary of State) up to 100 per cent. of the approved expenditure to which it relates.
Payment of Grant
7. Payments of grant under these Regulations shall be made at such times and in such instalments as the Secretary of...
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