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Regulation 13 Applications to the schools forum and the Secretary of StateI1

England and Wales

(1)

On the application of a local authority, its schools forum may authorise—

(a)

the criteria for determining expenditure referred to in paragraphs 4 to 6 of Schedule 2, in accordance with regulation 9(5);

(b)

the reduction during the funding period of any amount of expenditure deducted in accordance with regulation 9(5);

(c)

the making of deductions from the local authority’s schools budget of expenditure in accordance with regulation 9(7);

(d)

the redetermination of schools’ budget shares by removal of any of the expenditure referred to in Part 6 of Schedule 2 from schools’ budget shares where it is instead to be treated by the local authority as if it were part of central expenditure, in accordance with regulation 12(5);

(e)

the redetermination of schools’ budget shares by removal of any of the expenditure referred to in Part 7 of Schedule 2 from schools’ budget shares where it is instead to be treated by the local authority as if it were part of central expenditure, in accordance with regulation 12(6); and

(f)

the use of alternative criteria referred to in regulation 22(13) and (14) for the purpose of calculating funding in respect of sparsity.

(2)

Where—

(a)

a schools forum does not authorise any of the matters referred to in paragraph (1); or

(b)

a local authority is not required to establish a schools forum for its area,

the local authority may apply to the Secretary of State for such authorisation.

(3)

On the application of a local authority under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may authorise the matters referred to in paragraph (1).

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 13 in force at 11.2.2026, see reg. 1(2)