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The Grants for Improvements in School Education (Scotland) Regulations 1998

S.I. 1998/3051 · Made 2 December 1998

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EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

Made 2nd December 1998

Laid before Parliament 10th December 1998

Coming into force 15th January 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 73(a) and (c) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 44; section 74(1) was amended by the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39), Schedule 10, paragraph 8(17).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Grants for Improvements in school education
  3. 3Determination and payment of grants
  4. 4Conditions for payment of grant
  5. 5Requirements relating to grants
  6. 6Revocation and saving
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Grants for Improvements in School Education (Scotland) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 15th January 1999.

2Grants for Improvements in school education

The Secretary of State may pay to—

(a)

an education authority;

(b)

the managers of a grant-aided school; or

(c)

the board of management of a self-governing school.

In accordance with these Regulations, grants in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by them, in accordance with proposals approved by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of improving in any respect the quality or effectiveness of provision of school education.

3Determination and payment of grants

(1)

Grants under these Regulations shall be of such amounts and paid at such rates and in respect of such periods as the Secretary of State may determine.

(2)

Grants under these Regulations may be paid as single payments or by instalments of such amounts and at such times as the Secretary of State may determine.

4Conditions for payment of grant

(1)

No payment of grant shall be made except in response to an application made in writing to the Secretary of State.

(2)

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.

(3)

Where conditions have been determined in pursuance of paragraph (2), no grant shall be payable unless such conditions have either been fulfilled or been withdrawn in pursuance of paragraph (4).

(4)

The Secretary of State may determine to withdraw or, after consulting the applicant, vary conditions determined in pursuance of paragraph (2).

5Requirements relating to grants

(1)

A person to whom grant has been paid shall, if so required by the Secretary of State, provide him with such information as may be required to enable him to verify that any grant has been properly paid and applied under these Regulations.

(2)

A person to whom grant has been paid shall comply with such requirements as may be determined by the Secretary of State in the case in question.

(3)

Requirements determined under paragraph (2) may include requirements as to–

(a)

the repayment of grant;

(b)

the payment to the Secretary of State of sums related to the value of assets acquired, provided or improved with the aid of grant; or

(c)

the payment of interest on sums due to the Secretary of State.

6Revocation and saving

(1)

The Grants for School Education (Early Intervention and Alternatives to Exclusion) (Scotland) Regulations 1997f1 are hereby revoked.

(2)

The revocation of those Regulations is without prejudice to their continued effect in relation to any application made under them before these Regulations come into force and on which payment of grant has not been completed.

Signature

Helen Liddell

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

2nd December 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations enable the Secretary of State to pay grant to education authorities, grant-aided schools and self-governing schools in Scotland for the purpose of improving the quality or effectiveness of provision of school education.

They supersede, but are considerably wider in scope than, the Grants for School Education (Early Intervention and Alternatives to Exclusion) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 which are revoked.