(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 ;
“the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“the 2000 Act ” means the Learning and Skills Act 2000 ;
“the 2002 Act ” means the Education Act 2002 ;
“the 2002 Outturn Regulations ” means the Education (Outturn Statements) (England) Regulations 2002 ;
“the 2002 Regulations ” means the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2002 ;
“ Academy ” means an independent school funded by the Secretary of State under section 482 of the 1996 Act;
“ AEF ” means aggregate external finance;
“allocation formula” means the LEA ’s formula under regulation 10 of the 2002 Regulations used to determine schools' budget shares;
“budget statement” means the statement referred to in section 52(1) of the 1998 Act;
“ CERA ” means capital expenditure which an LEA expect to charge to a revenue account of the LEA as defined in section 41(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 ;
“factor” means one of the factors or criteria taken into account in the allocation formula;
“ FE ” means further education;
“ HE ” means higher education;
“ ICT ” means information and communication technology;
“LEA” means a local education authority;
“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school;
“outturn statement” means the statement referred to in section 52(2) of the 1998 Act;
“school” means a maintained school;
“ SEN ” means special educational needs;
“special educational needs” and “special educational provision” have the meanings given to those expressions by section 312 of the 1996 Act;
“ SSG ” means the grant known as School Standards Grant paid in accordance with section 88B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, which in the case of primary, secondary and special schools is paid on condition that it is appropriated to the individual school’s budget;
“Standards Fund balance” means any balance from a Standard Fund grant paid under section 14 of the 2002 Act;
“statement” in relation to a pupil with special educational needs means a statement made under section 324 of the 1996 Act; and
“youth service” means services provided pursuant to the exercise of the LEA’s functions under section 15B or 508 of the 1996 Act or section 114 of the 2000 Act.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, references to primary or secondary schools do not include special schools.