Paragraph 4 I1

in sub-paragraph (1), after “where” insert “a federated school or a federation has a delegated budget and” and for “a school which has a delegated budget” substitute “the federation”;

in sub-paragraph (2), after “delegated budget” insert “in respect of any of the federated schools or the federation, as the case may be,”;

in sub-paragraph (5), for “school” substitute “federation or of each federated school”; and

in sub-paragraph (7), for “school’s budget share” substitute “budget share of any of the federated schools or the federation”.

in sub-paragraph (2), for “school” substitute “federation or of each federated school”; and

in sub-paragraph (4), after “head teacher” insert “of the federation or of each federated school”.

in sub-paragraph (1), after “delegated budget” insert “in respect of a federated school”;

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A)

During any period when a governing body’s right to a delegated budget in respect of a federation is suspended under paragraph 1—

(a)

the local authority’s duty under section 50(1A) shall not apply in relation to the federation; but

(b)

the local authority may permit the governing body to take such decisions as to the spending of sums to be met from the federation’s budget share as the authority consider appropriate.”;

in sub-paragraph (2), after “(1)(b)” insert “or (1A)(b)”; and

in sub-paragraph (3), after “head teacher” insert “of the federation or any of the federated schools” .