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Section 81 Power of local education authorities to give assistance by means of scholarships and otherwise.

England and Wales

Regulations shall be made by the F1Secretary of State for Education and Science empowering local education authorities, for the purpose of enabling F2persons to take advantage without hardship to themselves or their parents of any educational facilities available to them—

(a)

to defray such expenses of children attending county schools, voluntary schools, F3grant-maintained schools, or special schools, as may be necessary to enable them to take part in any school activities:

(b)

to pay the whole or any part of the fees and expenses payable in respect of children attending schools at which fees are payable:

X1(c)

to grant scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries, and other allowances in respect of F4persons over compulsory school age F5. . .

(d)

to grant allowances in respect of any child in respect of whom any scholarship exhibition bursary or other allowance has been granted by a former authority before the date of the commencement of Part II of this Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1964/490, art. 3(2)(a)

F2

Word in s. 81 substituted (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 para. 11(a); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3

F3

Words inserted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 6

F4

Word in s. 81(c) substituted (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8, Pt. I para. 11(b)(i); S.I. 1992/831, art.2, Sch. 3

F5

Words in s. 81(c) omitted (1.4.1993) by virtue of Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 11(b)(ii); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3

Editorial notes

X1

S. 81(c) repealed in relation to courses to which Education Act 1962 (c. 2), ss. 1 and 2(1) apply and in relation to training of teachers by Education Act 1962 (c. 12), s. 4(4)-(6)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2)(3), Sch. 38 Pt.I.