# Education Reform Act 1988, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W

(1) In sections 43 and 50 of this Act—
(a) any reference—
(i) to special schools maintained by local education authorities;
(ii) to a special school maintained by such an authority; and
(iii) to special schools;
shall be read as including a reference to any new school proposed to be established by a local education authority which will be a special school and which has a temporary governing body; and
(b) any reference to the governing body of a special school shall be read as including a reference to the temporary governing body of such a new school.
(2) References in section 50 of this Act to a local education authority who maintain one or more special schools shall be read as including references to a local education authority who by virtue of paragraph 28 of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act are under a duty to defray the expenses there mentioned in relation to the temporary governing body of one or more new schools such as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/40/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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