# The Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

In this Schedule “appropriate authority” (“awdurdod priodol”) means—
(a) in relation to a community school, a community special school, a maintained nursery school or a voluntary controlled school, the local authority; and
(b) subject to paragraph 3, in relation to a voluntary aided school, foundation school or foundation special school, the governing body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2914/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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