38(1)Section 3 of the Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1987 (power of Secretary of State to make provision for teachers' remuneration and other conditions of employment by order) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (5)(a), after the word “authority” there shall be inserted the words “or, in the case of a grant-maintained school, on the governing body of the school”.
(3)In subsection (5), after paragraph (g) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(h)provide, in the case of grant-maintained schools, that to the extent specified in the order matters may be settled by agreement between, or in a manner agreed between, teachers in such schools and the governing bodies of such schools.”
(4)In subsection (6)(a), after the word “authorities” there shall be inserted the words “or, in the case off teachers in grant-maintained schools, by the governing bodies of such schools”.