(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.