Regulation 16 Application of Part III of Regulations
This Part of these Regulations, other than regulations 14(2) and 15 and this regulation, shall not apply in respect of any college council where it appears to the education authority that—
the average student load of the college, calculated in accordance with regulation 4(2), is less than 150 at the date when these Regulations come into force;
the student load for the first whole academic year in which the college will be fully in operation is likely to be less than 150; or
the average student load of the college, calculated as the average of the student loads for each of the last 3 complete academic years, is less than 150 at the expiry of any academic year at a time not less than 3 years after a delegation scheme has first been made in respect of the college council in accordance with this Part of these Regulations.
Where, in accordance with paragraph (1) and to the extent therein specified, this Part of these Regulations does not apply in respect of a college council, the reference in regulation 14(2) to “that sum” shall be construed as a reference to the sum which is to be determined for the college council in respect of each financial year in accordance with section 57(1) of the Act.