PART 2SCHOOL GOVERNANCE
CHAPTER 1FEDERATION OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
18Federations: supplementary provisions
1
Regulations may make provision for the purposes of this Chapter modifying any provision contained in—
a
Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (intervention in schools in Wales causing concern), or
b
sections 49 to 51 of, and Schedule 15 to, that Act (financial delegation),
in the application of the provision to federated schools or their governing bodies.
2
The modifications that may be made by virtue of subsection (1) include, among other things, modifications—
a
enabling powers conferred by the provisions referred to in that subsection to be exercised in relation to all the schools in a federation even though the circumstances by reference to which the powers are exercisable exist only in relation to one or more of those schools, and
b
requiring the apportionment of any costs or expenses incurred by the governing body of a federation.
3
Regulations may make provision modifying any enactment which relates to schools within a particular category, or to the governing bodies of schools within a particular category, in the application of the enactment to schools forming part of a federation or to the governing bodies of federations.
4
In subsection (3), references to categories of maintained schools are references to the categories set out in section 20(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.