529 Power to accept gifts on trust for educational purposes.E+W
(1)A local education authority may accept, hold and administer any property on trust for purposes connected with education.
(2)Any intention on the part of a local education authority that a school (other than a nursery school or a special school) should be vested in the authority as trustees shall be treated for the purposes of [F1section 28 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 as an intention to establish a new community school (so that proposals for that purpose shall be published as required by that section); and Schedule 6 to that Act (statutory proposals: procedure and implementation) shall apply accordingly.]
(3)Any school which in accordance with subsection (2) is vested in a local education authority as trustees shall be [F2a community school].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 529(2) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 145(a) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1.
F2Words in s. 529(3) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 145(b) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1.