# The School Finance (England) Regulations 2006, Regulation 13: Applications to the schools forum and the Secretary of State


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a local education authority may apply to their schools forum to—
(a) authorise the making of deductions from their schools budget of any class or description of expenditure referred to in Schedule 2 where such deductions would exceed the amount of any deductions made previously under regulations 7(1) or 11(3), or
(b) enable the limit or the condition imposed by paragraph 35 of Schedule 2, or the limit imposed by Schedule 3, to be varied or excluded.
(2) Upon receipt of an application by a local education authority under paragraph (1), their schools forum may authorise the making of further deductions, vary the limit or exclude the condition referred to in paragraph 35 of Schedule 2, or vary the limit in Schedule 3.
(3) Where—
(a) a schools forum does not authorise the making of deductions, variation of limits, or exclusion of conditions referred to in paragraph (1), or
(b) a local education authority is not required to establish a schools forum for their area,
the authority may make an application to the Secretary of State for such authorisation, variation or exclusion.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110738985/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-school-finance-england-regulations-2006/regulation-13
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