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The Education (Transfer of Functions Relating to Grant-maintained Schools) Order 1996

S.I. 1996/2247 · Made 2 September 1996

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 2nd September 1996

Laid before Parliament 2nd September 1996

Coming into force 23rd September 1996

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 17 of the Education Act 1993f1, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 35; section 17(2) of that Act is amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Nursery Education and Grant-maintained Schools Act 1996 (c. 50). This amendment is effective from 1st September by virtue of the Nursery Education and Grant-maintained Schools Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2022 (c. 44)).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Transfer of functions relating to grant-maintained schools
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Education (Transfer of Functions Relating to Grant-maintained Schools) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 23rd September 1996.

2Transfer of functions relating to grant-maintained schools

The power of the Secretary of State under section 68(6) of the Education Act 1993f1 to consent to borrowing by grant-maintained schools, mentioned in section 17(2) of the Education Act 1993, shall be exercisable instead by the Funding Agency for Schoolsf2.

Signature

Gillian Shephard

Secretary of State for Education and Employment

2nd September 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order transfers to the Funding Agency for Schools the Secretary of State’s power to consent to borrowing by grant-maintained schools under section 68(6) of the Education Act 1993.