Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Amount to Follow Permanently Excluded Pupil) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

In these Regulations–

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

• “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f1;

• “individual schools budget” and “local schools budget” have the meanings attributed to them by section 46 of the 1998 Act;

• “old authority”, “new authority”, “intermediate authority” and “last authority” are defined in regulation 2 below;

• “relevant date” means–

  1. (a)

     in the case of an old authority (and a permanently excluded pupil)–

     1. (i)

        the date upon which permanent exclusion first takes effect in accordance with regulation 4 below; or

     2. (ii)

        where the pupil is subsequently first provided with education by the old authority in a pupil referral unit or otherwise than at school, or was permanently excluded from a pupil referral unit, the date on which that pupil is subsequently provided with education by the new authority whether at a school maintained by that authority or otherwise than at school; or

  2. (b)

     in the case of an intermediate authority (and a permanently excluded pupil who is subsequently first provided by that authority with education in a pupil referral unit or otherwise than at school) the date on which that pupil is subsequently provided with education by the last authority whether at a school maintained by that authority or otherwise than at school.

In these Regulations–