Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2704
CONTRACTING OUT
The Contracting Out (Local Education Authority Functions) (England) (Amendment) Order 2003
Made
20th October 2003
Coming into force
27th October 2003
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 77(2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 ( 1 );
Whereas the Secretary of State has consulted such representatives of local authorities as he considers appropriate in accordance with section 70(3)(a) of that Act;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 70(2) and (4) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Local Education Authority Functions) (England) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on the seventh day after the day on which it is made.
Amendment
2.The Contracting Out (Local Education Authority Functions) (England) Order 2002( 2 ) shall be amended as set out below.
3. In Schedule 2 —
(a) after paragraph (x), there is inserted “(xa) section 89B( 3 ) (Co-ordination of admission arrangements);”; and
(b) after paragraph (bb) there is inserted “(bba) section 118A( 4 ) (Duties of LEA in respect of childcare);”.
4. In Schedule 3 after paragraph (s) there is inserted “(t) section 44 of the Education Act 2002 (duty to provide copies of accounts of maintained schools to Secretary of State).”.
David Miliband
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
20th October 2003
S.I. 2002/928
Section 89B was inserted by section 48 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) .
Section 118A was inserted by section 149 of the Education Act 2002.