Supplementary
8Orders and regulations
(1)In this Act “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(2)Any power to make an order or regulations under this Act shall be exercised by statutory instrument.
(3)A statutory instrument containing any regulations made under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(4)Any regulations made under this Act—
(a)may make different provision for different cases or different areas, and
(b)may contain such incidental, supplementary, saving or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
9Financial provisions
(1)There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—
(a)any sums required by the Secretary of State for making grants under arrangements under section 1 or for making payments to any person exercising any function by virtue of section 2,
(b)any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under this Act, and
(c)any increase attributable to this Act in sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under any other Act.
(2)There shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund—
(a)sums received by the Secretary of State by virtue of section 3(3), and
(b)fees received by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England, or Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales, under Schedule 1.
10Consequential amendments and repeals
Schedule 3 (consequential amendments) and Schedule 4 (repeals) shall have effect.
11Citation, interpretation, commencement and extent
(1)This Act may be cited as the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996.
(2)This Act shall be construed as one with the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944 and shall be included among the Acts which may be cited as the Education Acts 1944 to 1996.
(3)The provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.
(4)Apart from section 6 and Schedule 2 and this section, this Act extends to England and Wales only.