# Education Act 2002, Section 39: Interpretation of Chapter 1

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Chapter—
“budget share” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31);
“federation” and “federated school” in relation to England have the meaning given by section 24;
“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school, a community or foundation special school or a maintained nursery school;
“maintained nursery school” means a nursery school which is maintained by a local authority and is not a special school;
“statutory provision” means a provision contained in an Act or in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).
(2) In this Chapter—
(a) references to a school having a delegated budget are references to the governing body of the school being entitled to manage the school’s budget share, and
(b) where a school has a delegated budget the governing body are accordingly said to have a right to a delegated budget.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-39
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