# Education Act 1993 (repealed), Section 187: Groups including grant-maintained special schools.

Extent: E+W

(1) Regulations may modify the provisions of Chapter IX of Part II of this Act for the purpose of securing that—
(a) two or more grant-maintained special schools, or one or more grant-maintained special schools together with one or more grant-maintained schools, may be conducted as a group by a single governing body,
(b) a special school maintained by a local education authority may cease to be so maintained and may be conducted by a governing body incorporated under that Chapter, and
(c) a grant-maintained special school may become a member of a group of schools conducted by such a governing body,
and that, where a group of schools including one or more special schools is conducted by such a governing body, the governing body are appropriately constituted.
(2) Regulations made for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1) above may modify sections 183 to 185 and 188 of this Act and Schedule 11 to this Act.
(3) Where that Chapter applies to special schools by virtue of regulations—
(a) section 22(1) of this Act shall not be read as applying to such schools,
(b) a special school conducted by a governing body incorporated under that Chapter shall be known as a grant-maintained special school, and
(c) references in Chapter I of Part V of this Act to a group of grant-maintained schools include a group of one or more grant-maintained special schools together with one or more grant-maintained schools.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/35/section/187 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1993-repealed/section-187
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