Sch 18 para 12
(1) Section 7 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (funding of school sixth-forms: England) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1)(a), for “financial year” substitute “ funding period ” . (3) For subsection (3) substitute— (3) In this section— “ funding period ” means a financial year or, if some other period is prescribed in relation to England under subsection (1B) of section 45 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (maintained schools to have budget shares), that other period; “ schools budget ” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of that Act (framework for maintained schools).