Regulation 3 Payment of grant

Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may pay grant to an education authority in respect of expenditure incurred by it for or in connection with the provision of financial assistance to students over compulsory school age who are in education other than for the purposes of advanced education.

The Secretary of State may only pay grant under this regulation to the extent to which the expenditure in respect of which the grant is to be paid, incurred or to be incurred in any financial year, is approved for that financial year by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations.