# Education Act 1996, Section 542: Prescribed standards for school premises.

Extent: E+W

(1) Regulations shall prescribe the standards to which the premises of schools maintained by local authorities . . . are to conform; and without prejudice to the generality of section 569(4) different standards may be prescribed for such descriptions of schools as are specified in the regulations.
(2) Where a school is maintained by a local authority , the authority shall secure that the school premises conform to the prescribed standards.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) subsection (2) has effect subject to section 543.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/542 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-542
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