(1)Regulations may make provision for maintained special schools, or any class or description of such schools, to cease to be maintained by the local education authority and become grant-maintained special schools.
(2)Regulations shall require, before a maintained special school becomes a grant-maintained special school in pursuance of the regulations—
(a)the submission to the Secretary of State of proposals for the purpose by the governing body of the school, and
(b)the approval of such proposals, as originally submitted or as modified by the Secretary of State (whether before or after they are approved).
(3)If the proposals are so approved, a governing body of the school shall be incorporated in accordance with Schedule 28 on the date of approval (referred to in this Part as the “incorporation date”).
(4)Regulations made for the purposes of this section may apply any provision of—
(a)Chapter II (apart from section 198) or Chapter III or V of Part III,
(b)section 340, or
(c)section 35(7) or (8), section 37(1), (4), (7), (8) or (9), section 167(3) or (6) or section 169(1), (4) or (6),
with or without modification.