The Nursery Education (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

For regulation 3 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation–

“3

(1)

For the purposes of section 1(2)(b) of the Act (prescribing a time, earlier than the time in section 1(2)(a), after which education provided for children is nursery education) there is prescribed–

(a)

in relation to education provided for a child at a school or other premises in the area of a local education authority specified in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations who does not fall within sub-paragraph (b) below the day immediately preceding the later of–

(i)

the start of the first term starting after the child has attained the age of 3 years; or

(ii)

if the child’s third birthday falls within one of the periods specified in paragraph (2), the start of the term following the term referred to in that paragraph;

(b)

in relation to education provided for any other child the day immediately preceding the later of–

(i)

the start of the first term starting after the child has attained the age of 4 years; or

(ii)

if the child’s fourth birthday falls within one of the periods specified in paragraph (2), the start of the term following the term referred to in that paragraph.

(2)

The periods referred to in paragraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (1)(b)(ii) are, in any year,

(a)

the period commencing 1st April and ending with the start of the Summer term of that year;

(b)

the period commencing 1st September and ending with the start of the Autumn term of that year;

(c)

the period commencing 1st January and ending with the start of the Spring term of that year.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this regulation “term” means the term kept in relation to the education provided, or to be provided, or under consideration, for the child, as the case may be, and, in any year, Spring term, Summer term and Autumn term mean, respectively, the term which starts in January, in April and in September.

(4)

The amount of grant payable in respect of education provided in accordance with paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) shall be calculated separately under regulations 6 and 7.

(5)

The total amount of grant payable under regulation 7 in respect of education provided in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) shall not exceed the amount specified in column (2) of the Schedule.”

At the end of the principal regulations there shall be inserted the Schedule to these Regulations.

“THE SCHEDULE

Regulation 3(1) and 3(5)

Column 1	Column 2
LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY	MAXIMUM GRANT ALLOCATION
	£
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	197,365
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	666,671
Birmingham City Council	4,564,245
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	451,980
Blackpool Borough Council	796,991
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council	563,468
Bradford City Council	919,026
London Borough of Brent	766,106
London Borough of Camden	625,992
Coventry City Council	925,806
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	446,707
Durham County Council	226,743
London Borough of Ealing	308,853
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council	470,813
London Borough of Greenwich	618,459
London Borough of Hackney	1,087,765
Halton Borough Council	409,795
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham	448,214
London Borough of Haringey	530,323
Hartlepool Borough Council	25,612
London Borough of Hounslow	188,325
London Borough of Islington	785,692
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council	346,518
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council	48,965
London Borough of Lambeth	1,239,932
Leeds City Council	939,365
Leicester City Council	1,063,660
London Borough of Lewisham	1,179,668
Liverpool City Council	879,101
Manchester City Council	424,108
Middlesbrough Borough Council	42,938
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council	574,015
London Borough of Newham	1,218,839
North East Lincolnshire District Council	473,826
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council	51,224
Nottingham City Council	765,353
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council	818,084
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	40,678
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council	677,970
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	893,414
Salford City Council	116,008
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	351,038
Sheffield City Council	1,932,215
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council	54,991
London Borough of Southwark	721,661
St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council	212,431
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	49,718
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	330,699
Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council	353,298
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council	446,707
London Borough of Tower Hamlets	207,158
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	437,667
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council	76,837
London Borough of Waltham Forest	1,176,655
London Borough of Wandsworth	1,206,033
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	1,082,492
Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council	75,330

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)