21Initial instruments and articles
(1)As from the date on which a further education corporation is established, the instrument of government and articles of government—
(a)in the case of an institution which was a grant-maintained school on that date, shall be such as is prescribed by the order in respect of the institution under section 15 or 16 of this Act, and
(b)in any other case, shall be such as is prescribed by regulations.
(2)Such orders and regulations—
(a)may provide for all or any of the persons who, on the date on which a corporation is established to conduct the grant-maintained school or other existing institution, are the members of the governing body of the institution to be the initial members of the corporation, and
(b)may make such other provision in relation to grant-maintained schools or other existing institutions as appears to the Secretary of State necessary or desirable to secure continuity in their government.
(3)In the case of a further education corporation established to conduct an institution which, on the date the corporation was established, was a grant-maintained school, the governing body incorporated under Chapter IV of Part I of the [1988 c. 40.] Education Reform Act 1988 shall, on the operative date, be dissolved.