Explanatory note

This Order, which (subject to the approval of Parliament) comes into operation on 14th July 1980, terminates the payment of grants to local education authorities in respect of expenditure incurred in the removal of air-raid shelters and other defence works and repeals section 100(1)(a)(iii) of the Education Act 1944 (Article 2). There is a saving for the payment of grants in respect of expenditure incurred before that date which is notified to the Secretary of State not later than 31st March 1981 (Article 3); accordingly, the Removal of Defence Works Grant Regulations 1971 (S.I. 1971/534), made in pursuance of section 100(1)(a)(iii), will continue to have effect in relation to such expenditure.