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the foundation known as Epsom College (“the College”) (formerly known as The Royal Medical Benevolent College) at Epsom in the County of Surrey is regulated by the Royal Medical Benevolent College Act 1855^f1 (“the 1855 Act”), the Royal Medical Benevolent College Act 1894^f2 (“the 1894 Act”) and by a Scheme made by the Charity Commissioners and the Board of Education and confirmed by the Epsom College Scheme Confirmation Act 1932^f3, which together shall be referred to in this Order as “the relevant instruments”;

the relevant instruments concern, amongst other matters, property which is applicable for or in connection with the provision of education in an establishment in paragraphs 1 to 5 of the Table in section 22 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975^f4;

the benefits available under the relevant instruments relating to schools are restricted to boys;

accordingly, the relevant instruments, in so far as they concern property applicable for or in connection with the provision of education in any establishment in paragraphs 1 to 5 of the Table in section 22 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, are instruments to which section 78 of the said Act of 1975 applies;

the Council of the College, as the responsible body for the purposes of section 78(2) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, have applied to the Secretary of State for an Order under the said section 78 and have published notice of the proposed Order in accordance therewith;

no representations were made to the Secretary of State within the period specified in the said notice, and

the Secretary of State is satisfied that the removal of the restrictions hereinbefore referred to would conduce to the advancement of education without sex discrimination: