# The School Travel (Piloting of Schemes) (England) Regulations 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made under sections 79 and 181(2)(c) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (“EIA 2006”) and come into force on 1st June 2007. They make provision for the piloting of the school travel scheme provisions in section 508E of, and Schedule 35C to, the Education Act 1996 (inserted by EIA 2006).
Regulation 2 defines the pilot period as running from 1st September 2009 to 1st August 2012.
Regulation 3 provides that every application by a local education authority to the Secretary of State for approval to run a school travel scheme in their area (a ‘pilot scheme’) must contain detailed information about the proposed pilot scheme as specified in the Schedule.
Regulation 4 requires authorities running pilot schemes to provide annual reports to the Secretary of State by no later than 1st September following the academic year to which they relate.
Regulation 5 provides, for the purposes of section 79(2) of EIA 2006, for there to be a maximum of 20 pilot schemes in force during the pilot period.
Regulation 6 provides that pilot schemes will expire at the end of the pilot period unless a later date is agreed by the authority and the Secretary of State, or they are revoked earlier by the authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1366/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-travel-piloting-of-schemes-england-regulations-2007/note
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