# The Education (Pre-Scheme Financial Statements) Regulations 1989, Regulation 2


In these Regulations:
“the Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988;
“authority” means local education authority and, in relation to such an authority, “the offices” means the education offices;
“expenditure of a capital nature” has the meaning given to it by section 51 of the Act;
“general expenditure amount” has the meaning given to it by section 50(5)(b) of the Act;
“LMS Unit” means the Local Management of Schools Unit, whose address for authorities in England is the Department of Education and Science, Elizabeth House, York Road, London SE1 7PH, and for authorities in Wales is the Welsh Office, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NQ;
references to the Annual Schools Census are references to the returns made by authorities to the Secretary of State under section 92 of the Education Act 1944 containing information as to the number of registered pupils at schools which they maintain;
references to the budget statement and to the outturn statement are references to the statements required to be provided by virtue of section 50(1) and (6) respectively of the Act;
references to relevant schools are references to schools required to be covered by a financial statement under section 50(4) of the Act; and
references to specific grant are references to grants made by the Secretary of State or the European Economic Community to authorities in respect of the provision by them of specified services related to education in relevant schools.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/370/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-pre-scheme-financial-statements-regulations-1989/regulation-2
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