Regulation 4 Conditions for payment of grant
No payment of grant shall be made except in response to an application in writing from an education authority to the Secretary of State.
No payment of grant shall be made in respect of expenditure incurred before 1st April 1997.
No payment of grant shall be made to an education authority unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that–
the education authority have prepared a safety strategy for the protection against violence of pupils, staff and other persons in schools under their management; and
the education authority have an action plan to implement the safety strategy and the expenditure in respect of which grant is paid is incurred in pursuance of that plan.
The Secretary of State may from time to time determine further conditions on the fulfilment of which the making of any payment in pursuance of these Regulations shall be dependent.
Where conditions have been determined in pursuance of paragraph (4) no grant shall be payable unless such conditions have either been fulfilled or been withdrawn in pursuance of paragraph (6).
The Secretary of State may determine to withdraw or, after consulting the education authority, vary conditions determined in pursuance of paragraph (4).