(1)The Secretary of State may by order make provision for regulating the constitution and proceedings of the managers of any approved school other than a school provided by a local authority or by a joint committee representing two or more local authorities; and any such order shall have effect notwithstanding anything in any trust deed relating to the school.
(2)Before making an order under the foregoing subsection in respect of any school, the Secretary of State shall afford to the managers of the school an opportunity for making representations with respect to the proposed order; and in making any such order the Secretary of State shall have regard to all the circumstances of the school, and to the manner in which it has been managed theretofore.
(3)In the case of an approved school, other than a school provided by a local authority or by a joint committee representing two or more local authorities, the Secretary of State may appoint one or more persons as additional members of the body constituting the managers of the school; and any person so appointed shall, notwithstanding anything in any trust deed relating to the school or in any order made in respect of the school under subsection (1) of this section, be one of the managers of the school until such time as his appointment is terminated by the Secretary of State or under subsection (4) of this section.
(4)Any order or appointment made under this section in respect of an approved school shall cease to have effect in the event of that school ceasing to be an approved school; but nothing in this subsection shall affect the validity of anything done while the order or appointment was in force.
(5)In this section " trust deed ", in relation to any school, includes any instrument (not being an order under this section) regulating the constitution of the school or its maintenance, management or conduct, or the constitution or proceedings of its managers.