The Education (Annual Consideration of Ballot on Grant-Maintained Status) (England) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/3115
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Education (Annual Consideration of Ballot on Grant-Maintained Status) (England) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st January 1994.

Section 2 Application of section 24 of the Education Act 1993

Section 24 of the Education Act 1993 (“ the Act ”) shall apply to the governing bodies of all schools in England which are eligible for grant-maintained status in accordance with section 23 of the Act , in relation to a school year ending in or after July 1994.

Section 3 Transitional provisions

(1) A ballot held in accordance with section 61 of the Education Reform Act 1988 before section 28 of the Act comes into force shall be deemed to have been held in accordance with that section for the purposes of section 24(3) of the Act.

(2) The duty under section 24(2) of the Act shall not apply in relation to a school year ending before September 1994 to the governing body of a school which have already considered whether to hold a ballot on the question of grant-maintained status during that school year and before this Order comes into force.

(3) Where the governing body of a school have considered whether to hold a ballot on grant-maintained status during the period specified in paragraph (2) above they shall be deemed to have done so in pursuance of section 24(2) of the Act for the purposes of section 24(4) of the Act.