3(1)In sections 43 and 50 of this Act—
(a)any reference—
(i)to special schools maintained by local education authorities;
(ii)to a special school maintained by such an authority; and
(iii)to special schools;
shall be read as including a reference to any new school proposed to be established by a local education authority which will be a special school and which has a temporary governing body; and
(b)any reference to the governing body of a special school shall be read as including a reference to the temporary governing body of such a new school.
(2)References in section 50 of this Act to a local education authority who maintain one or more special schools shall be read as including references to a local education authority who by virtue of paragraph 28 of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act are under a duty to defray the expenses there mentioned in relation to the temporary governing body of one or more new schools such as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 4 paras. 1-3 applied (31.12.1995) by S.I. 1995/3114, reg. 2(2)