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The Education (Transfer of Functions Relating to Grant-maintained Schools) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/294 · Made 30 January 1997

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 30th January 1997

Laid before Parliament 13th February 1997

Coming into force 5th March 1997

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to, and section 568(6) of, the Education Act 1996f1, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 56.

Contents

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

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Education (Transfer of Functions Relating to Grant-maintained Schools) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 5th March 1997.

2Revocation

The Education (Transfer of Functions Relating to Grant-maintained Schools) Order 1996f1 is hereby revoked.

3Transfer of functions relating to grant-maintained schools

The power of the Secretary of State under section 231(6) of the Education Act 1996 to consent to borrowing by grant-maintained schools, mentioned in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 3 to that Act, shall be exercisable instead, in relation to England, by the Funding Agency for Schoolsf1.

Signature

Cheryl Gillan

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Education and Employment

30th January 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order replaces the Education (Transfer of Functions Relating to Grant-maintained Schools) Order 1996, which is revoked because of an error in the drafting. It transfers to the Funding Agency for Schools the Secretary of State’s power, in relation to England, to consent to borrowing by grant-maintained schools under section 231(6) of the Education Act 1996.