Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 21^st March 2003.

These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of the financing of maintained schools in England in the financial year beginning on 1st April 2003.

In these Regulations–

• “the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996^f1;

• “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

• “the 2000 Act” means the Learning and Skills Act 2000^f2;

• “the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002^f3;

• “the 1998 Regulations” means the Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) Regulations 1998^f4;

• “the 1999 Regulations” means the Financing of Maintained Schools Regulations 1999^f5;

• “the 2000 Regulations” means the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2000^f6;

• “the 2001 Regulations” means the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2001^f7;

• “the 2002 Regulations” means the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2002^f8; and

• “the Budget Regulations” means the LEA Budget, Schools Budget and Individual Schools Budget Regulations (England) 2002^f9.

In these Regulations “maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school.

In these Regulations a reference to proposals for the establishment of a school is a reference to a proposal for the establishment of the school under sections 28 or 31 of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the 1998 Act, section 70 of the 2002 Act or section 113A of and Schedule 7A to the 2000 Act^f10.

In these Regulations, a reference (however framed) to a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school includes a proposed school which on implementation of proposals for the establishment of the school will be such a school and which has a temporary governing body.

In these Regulations a reference to a governing body includes the temporary governing body of a proposed school falling within paragraph (6).

In these Regulations a reference to a primary or secondary school means a primary or secondary school which is a community, foundation or voluntary school.

In these Regulations a reference to the permanent exclusion of a pupil is a reference to his permanent exclusion as defined from time to time for the purposes of section 494 of the 1996 Act^f11.

In these Regulations a reference to a former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school is a reference to a school which was such a school within the meaning of the 1996 Act immediately before 1st April 1999.

In these Regulations a reference to the LSC is a reference to the Learning and Skills Council for England^f12.

In these Regulations, a reference to a local education authority’s formula is a reference to a formula as provided in regulation 7.