Paragraph 2

In relation to a community special school established in a hospital, the authority shall designate either—

with which the school is most closely connected as the appropriate body.

The governing body of a federation shall invite the appropriate body to nominate (and if more than one, jointly) a person to be appointed as one of the community governors in accordance with regulation 16(2).

For the purposes of this Schedule—

• “National Health Service trust” means a body established by the Secretary of State under section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990^f1;

• “primary care trust” means a body established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977^f2;

• “NHS foundation trust” means a body established under section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003^f3.