46.—(1) The instrument of government shall be made in the form and in accordance with the directions set out in Schedule 2 which are relevant to the category of maintained school to which the grouped school will belong or belongs.
(2) It shall be a sufficient compliance with paragraph (1) if the instrument of government is in a form substantially to the like effect to the relevant form set out in Schedule 2.
(3) The grouped governing body or the grouped transitional governing body, as the case may be, shall not delegate decisions relating to the contents or preparation of the instrument of government, the appointment of governors required by the instrument of government, or the date when the governing body are constituted under the instrument of government.