Citation and commencement

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Capital Grants) (Wales) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 26th March 1999.

(2) These Regulations apply in respect of grant-maintained schools situated in Wales.

Interpretation

2.-(1) In these Regulations "the 1996 Act" means the Education Act 1996.

(2) For the purposes of these regulations, the expressions listed in the left-hand column below are respectively defined by or (as the case may be) are to be interpreted in accordance with the provisions listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions-�

Revocation and transitional provisions

3.-(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) (Wales) Regulations 1997(2) and the Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1998(3) are revoked.

(2) Paragraph (1) is without prejudice-�

(a)to the continued operation after 25th March 1999 of any requirements imposed by the Secretary of State on a governing body of a school situated in Wales to whom payments in respect of maintenance grant or special purpose grant have been made on or before that date under any one or more (as the case may be) of the regulations made under section 253 of the 1996 Act(4); and

(b)to the imposition after 25th March 1999, under section 253(1) of the 1996 Act, on a governing body of a school situated in Wales to whom any payments in respect of maintenance grant or special purpose grant have been made on or before that date, of requirements-�

(i)specified in the regulations referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above as requirements which may be imposed by the Secretary of State on governing bodies to whom such payments are made, or

(ii)determined in accordance with those regulations by the Secretary of State.

Capital grants

4. The Secretary of State may pay capital grants in respect of expenditure of a capital nature of a class or description specified in the Schedule incurred or to be incurred by the governing body of a grant-maintained school situated in Wales.

Regulation 4

SCHEDULEEXPENDITURE OF A CAPITAL NATURE

1. Expenditure of a capital nature is expenditure on, or in connection with-�

(a)the acquisition, reclamation, improvement or laying out of any land;

(b)the acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, repair or demolition of any building, wall, fence or other structure, or any playground or other hard-standing;

(c)the laying out of playing fields and other facilities for social activities and physical recreation; or

(d)the provision of any furniture, plant, machinery, apparatus, vehicles, vessels and equipment;

used or intended to be used for the purposes of a school.

2. In paragraph 1 above "building" includes any fixtures and fittings affixed to a building.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations (which apply only in relation to schools in Wales) revoke the Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) (Wales) Regulations 1997 (as amended), subject to transitional provisions (regulation 3). The Regulations enable the Secretary of State to continue to make capital grants to maintained schools in Wales (regulation 4 and the Schedule).