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The Education (Groups including Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994

S.I. 1994/779 · Made 15 March 1994

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 15th March 1994

Laid before Parliament 17th March 1994

Coming into force 8th April 1994

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 187 of the Education Act 1993f1, the Secretary of State for Education hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 35; for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 305(1).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Citation, commencement and interpretation
  3. 3Modification of Chapter IX of Part II of the 1993 Act
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Groups including Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 8th April 1994.

2Citation, commencement and interpretation

“The 1993 Act” in these Regulations means the Education Act 1993.

3Modification of Chapter IX of Part II of the 1993 Act

For the purposes referred to in section 187(1) of the 1993 Act Chapter IX of Part II of that Act is modified as follows:

(a)

references to grant-maintained schools shall be read so as to includegrant-maintained special schools and references to grant-maintained status shall be construed accordingly;

(b)

in section 126 the references to section 84(1) and to section 90(1) shall, in relation to a grant-maintained special school, be to those sections as modified by any regulations made under paragraph 14 of Schedule 11 to the 1993 Actf1;

(c)

the requirements in section 127(2)(a) and (b) shall not apply in relation to a maintained special school established in a hospital.

Signature

John Patten

Secretary of State for Education

15th March 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, made under section 187 of the Education Act 1993, modify Chapter IX of Part II of the Act (which enables schools to join together as groups ofgrant-maintained schools). The effect of the modification is to extend the relevant provisions to grant-maintained special schools.