Regulation 3 Amendment of principal regulations

In regulation 2(2) for the definition of “appropriate person” there shall be substituted the following definition–

• ““appropriate person” means–

  1. (a)

     before 1st September 1999–

     1. (i)

        in the case of a person employed at an aided school within the meaning of section 32 of the 1996 Act or at a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school, the local education authority, and

     2. (ii)

        in the case of any other employee, the person by whom he was employed; and

  2. (b)

     on and after 1st September 1999–

     1. (i)

        in the case of a person employed at a foundation or voluntary aided school or a foundation special school within the meaning of section 20 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f1, the local education authority; and

     2. (ii)

        in the case of any other employee, the person by whom he was employed;”.

After paragraph (3) of that regulation there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

“(4)

For the purposes of these regulations a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school shall, before 1st September 1999, be treated as a school maintained by a local education authority.”.