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Regulation 4 Appropriate body

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For the purposes of these Regulations–

(a)

the appropriate body in relation to–

(i)

a community, foundation or voluntary school, a community or foundation special school, or a maintained nursery school (in each case within the meaning of the 1998 Act), and

(ii)

a county, voluntary, maintained nursery, maintained special, grant-maintained, or grant-maintained special school (in each case within the meaning of the 1996 Actf1), is the authority maintainingf2 it;

(b)

the appropriate body in relation to a non-maintained special school is the authority for the area in which the school is situated; and

(c)

the appropriate body in relation to an independent school is–

(i)

where the authority for the area in which the school is situated and the proprietor of the school both agree, that authority, or

(ii)

in any other case, such body as the Secretary of State shall determine, which body shall include as a member a representative of an authority.

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Footnotes

f1

“county school” is defined in section 31(1); “voluntary school” is defined in section 31(2); “grant-maintained school” is defined in section 183(1); “grant-maintained special school” is defined in sections 337(4) and 346(2); and “maintained nursery school” is defined in sections 6(1) and 33(1).

f2

The Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Modification) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2670) oblige authorities to maintain grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools from 1st April 1999.