Regulation 4 Grants in respect of payments to third parties
Where—
(a)
a local education authority referred to in regulation 3(2) above incurs expenditure in making payments, whether by way of maintenance, assistance or otherwise, to any other body or persons who incur expenditure for or in connection with educational purposes, and
(b)
that expenditure of the recipient of the payments or any part thereof would fall within regulation 3(1) above if it were expenditure of the authority,
such payments shall to that extent be treated as falling within regulation 3(1) above for the purposes of these Regulations.