Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Financing of Maintained Schools Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on the seventh day after the day on which they are made.

These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of the financing of maintained schools in any financial year beginning on or after 1st April 1999.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996^f1;

• “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

• “the 1998 Regulations” mean the Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) Regulations 1998^f2.

In these Regulations “maintained school” means—

In these Regulations a reference (however framed) to a county, voluntary or maintained special school within the meaning of the 1996 Act includes a proposed school proposals for the establishment of which have been published under section 35, 41 or 339(1) of the 1996 Act but not yet implemented and which has a temporary governing body.

In these Regulations a reference (however framed) to a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school includes a proposed school which on implementation of proposals under section 35, 41 or 339(1) of the 1996 Act or section 28 or 31 of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the 1998 Act will be such a school and which has a temporary governing body.

In these Regulations a reference to a governing body includes the temporary governing body of a proposed school falling within paragraph (5) or (6).

In these Regulations a reference to a primary or secondary school—

In these Regulations a reference (however framed) to schools maintained by a local education authority does not include schools which are not maintained schools as defined in paragraph (4).

In these Regulations a reference to the permanent exclusion of a pupil is a reference to his permanent exclusion as defined from time to time for the purposes of section 494 of the 1996 Act^f3.

Unless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions used in these Regulations set out in the first column of the following table shall have the meanings attributed to them by the provisions set out opposite thereto in the second column.

Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation of, or Schedule to, these Regulations so numbered and a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which the reference appears.