The Education (Adult Education Centres Funding Schemes) Regulations 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/1468
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Adult Education Centres Funding Schemes) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

“ the Act ” means the Education Reform Act 1988;

“adult education centre” means an institution which provides part-time, but does not provide full-time, further education; and

“further education” has the meaning assigned to it by section 41 of the Education Act 1944 .

Section 3 Application of schemes to adult education centres

Local education authorities are hereby authorised to cover adult education centres which meet the requirements set out in regulation 4 in their schemes for financing locally funded further and higher education prepared under section 139 of the Act.

Section 4 Application of schemes to adult education centres

The requirements referred to in regulation 3 are that the adult education centre–

(a) is maintained or assisted by the local education authority;

(b) is treated by the local education authority as being a separate institution for the purposes of financing (irrespective of whether it occupies premises solely for its own use); and

(c) has its own principal or administrative head.