Education Act 1996

26(1)This paragraph applies in relation to a grant-maintained school where—U.K.

(a)the governing body of the school were incorporated under Chapter IV of Part I of the M1Education Reform Act 1988; and

(b)the school was a voluntary school before it became grant-maintained.

(2)Schedule 24 to this Act shall apply in relation to the school with the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 13—

13Foundation governor” means—

(a)a person appointed otherwise than by a [F1local authority] for the purpose of securing, so far as is practicable, that the established character of the school at the time when it became grant-maintained is preserved and developed and, in particular, that the school is conducted in accordance with the provisions of any trust deed relating to it; or

(b)a person selected under section 66, or nominated under section 68, of the Education Reform Act 1988 for the purpose referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above.