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(1)A local education authority are under a duty to maintain the following schools—
(a)any maintained schools which they are required to maintain by virtue of section 20(4) or (5);
(b)any maintained schools established by them under section 28 or 31;
(c)any maintained schools established in their area under section 28 otherwise than by them or any other local education authority; and
(d)any maintained nursery school established by them.
(2)Subsection (1) has effect subject to the transfer under this Part of a maintained school from the area of one local education authority to that of another, and to the provisions of this Part relating to the discontinuance of schools.
(3)In the case of a community school, a community special school or a maintained nursery school, the local education authority’s duty to maintain the school includes—
(a)the duty of defraying all the expenses of maintaining it, and
(b)the duty of making premises available to be used for the purposes of the school.
(4)In the case of a foundation, voluntary controlled or foundation special school, the local education authority’s duty to maintain the school includes—
(a)the duty of defraying all the expenses of maintaining it, and
(b)the duty, under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 or paragraph 13 or 15 of Schedule 6, of providing new premises for the school under and in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 or (as the case may be) paragraph 16 of Schedule 6.
(5)In the case of a voluntary aided school, the local education authority’s duty to maintain the school includes—
(a)the duty of defraying all the expenses of maintaining it, except any expenses that by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 are payable by the governing body, and
(b)the duty, under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 or paragraph 14 of Schedule 6, of providing new premises for the school under and in accordance with that paragraph.
(6)For the purposes of this Act the expenses of maintaining a foundation, voluntary or foundation special school include the payment of rates.
(7)Schedule 3 (which makes provision as to the functions of governing bodies, local education authorities and the Secretary of State as to the funding of foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools) shall have effect.
(8)In this Act—
(a)in relation to a school maintained (or proposed to be maintained) by a local education authority, “the local education authority” means that authority; and
(b)in relation to schools falling within subsections (3) to (6), “maintain” shall be read in accordance with those subsections.
(9)In this Act “maintained nursery school” means a nursery school which is maintained by a local education authority and is not a special school.
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