Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996^f1;

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

• the “1990”, “1993”, “1994” and “1995” Regulations mean the Education (School Financial Statements) (Prescribed Particulars etc) Regulations 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively^f2;

• “the 1999 Regulations” means the Financing of Maintained Schools Regulations 1999^f3;

• “allocation formula” means the authority’s formula under regulation 10 of the 1999 Regulations used to determine schools' budget shares;

• “authority” means a local education authority;

• “budget statement” means the statement referred to in section 52(1) of the 1998 Act;

• “factor” means one of the factors or criteria taken into account in the allocation formula;

• “ISB” means an authority’s individual schools budget within the meaning of section 46(2) of the 1998 Act;

• “LSB” means an authority’s local schools budget within the meaning of section 46(1) of the 1998 Act; and

• “maintained school” means–

  1. (a)

     in relation to the period ending immediately before 1st September 1999, a county, voluntary, maintained special or grant-maintained school within the meaning of the 1996 Act; and

  2. (b)

     in relation to the period beginning on 1st September 1999, a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school;

• “middle school” has the meaning given by section 5(3) of the 1996 Act^f4.

• “relevant” in relation to “age”, “age group” and “year group” means an age, age group or year group separately treated in the allocation formula for the purposes of determining that part of each school’s budget share which is to be determined by reference to numbers of registered pupils;

• “school” means a maintained school;

• “special educational needs” and “special educational provision” have the meanings given to those expressions by section 312 of the 1996 Act; and

• “statement” in relation to a pupil with special educational needs means a statement made under section 324(1) of the 1996 Act.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,–

The following table shows provisions of the 1996 Act or the 1998 Act defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in these Regulations–

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered.