Part 5 E+WEducational institutions: other provisions

Pupil referral unitsE+W

50Financing of pupil referral unitsE+W

(1)Section 45 of SSFA 1998 (financing of maintained schools: maintained schools to have budget shares) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1A), omit “or” at the end of paragraph (b), and after paragraph (c) insert “, or

(d)a pupil referral unit in England.”

(3)In subsection (3)—

(a)in paragraph (a), after “pupil referral units” insert “ in Wales ”;

(b)after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)references to the governing body of a maintained school or of a school maintained by a local authority shall be read, in relation to a pupil referral unit in England, as references to the management committee for the unit (in spite of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996);

(ab)references to governors shall be read, in relation to a pupil referral unit in England, as references to the members of the management committee for the unit;”.

51Repeal of provision changing name of pupil referral unitsE+W

(1)ASCLA 2009 is amended as set out in subsections (2) and (3).

(2)In section 249 (short stay schools: miscellaneous)—

(a)omit subsections (1) and (2) (change of name from pupil referral unit to short stay school);

(b)for the heading, substitute “ Regulations about pupil referral units ”.

(3)For the italic cross-heading above section 249, substitute “ Pupil referral units ”.

(4)In Schedule 1 to EA 1996 (pupil referral units), in paragraph 3A—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a), for “short stay school” substitute “ pupil referral unit ”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (b), for “short stay schools”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “ pupil referral units ”.