# Education Act 1996, Paragraph 8


(1) Any reference—
(a) in section 120, to maintained special schools or to a maintained special school, or
(b) in section 124, to special schools or to a special school,
shall be read as including a new school proposed to be established by a local authority which will be a maintained special school and which has a temporary governing body.
(2) Any reference in section 120 or 124 to a school’s governing body shall be read, in relation to such a new school, as a reference to its temporary governing body.
(3) The reference in section 124(1) to a local authority maintaining a special school or special schools shall be read, in relation to such a new school, as a reference to the authority being under a duty by virtue of paragraph 20 of Schedule 9 to defray expenses in relation to its temporary governing body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/12/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-12/paragraph-8
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