Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Ballot Expenditure) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Education Act 1993,

• “Authority” means a local education authority,

• “ballot”, except as provided in regulation 3(4), means a ballot held under section 28 of the Act and includes a second ballot held under section 30 of the Act^f1 and a ballot which is subsequently declared void under section 31(2) of the Act,

• “expenditure” means expenditure incurred for the purpose referred to in section 36(3) of the Act as described in regulation 2 below but does not include expenditure out of a school’s budget share within the meaning of section 33 of the Education Reform Act 1988^f2,

• “notified” means notified to the Authority under section 25(1)(b) or section 26(3)(b) of the Act or notified to the governing body of the school under section 31(2) of the Act (requiring a fresh ballot following a ballot declared void),

• “registered” in relation to a pupil shall be construed in accordance with section 29(2) of the Act,

• “year” means a period commencing on 1st April and ending on 31st March in the following year.