Education Reform Act 1988

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.