The Local Education Authority (Payment of School Expenses) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1727
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Education Authority (Payment of School Expenses) Regulations 1999, and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.

Section 2 Payment of expenses

(1) This regulation prescribes the circumstances in which a local education authority may, pursuant to section 518(1)(a) of the Education Act 1996, for the purpose of enabling a child attending a community, foundation, voluntary or special school to take advantage of any educational facilities available to him, pay such expenses as may be necessary to enable him to take part in any school activity.

(2) A local education authority may make such a payment where they are satisfied that it should be made in order to prevent or relieve financial hardship.

(3) However any payment as mentioned in paragraph (1) must be related to the means of the child’s parents.

(4) In this regulation, “child” means a person who is not over compulsory school age.

Section 3 Revocation and saving

(1) Regulation 4(a) of the Scholarships and Other Benefits Regulations 1977 is hereby revoked.

(2) However paragraph (1) shall not affect the continued operation of regulation 4(a) of those Regulations in connection with–

(a) the payment of expenses, or

(b) a decision to pay expenses,

under that provision in relation to educational facilities made available before 1st September 1999.