1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st January 1994.
2.—(1) For the purposes of section 56 of the 1993 Act, the initial instrument of government of a grant-maintained school shall be as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(2) In this regulation and in regulations 3 and 4 below, references to the 1993 Act are to the Education Act 1993.
3. For the purposes of section 56 of the 1993 Act, the initial articles of government of a grant-maintained school shall be as set out in Schedule 2 to these Reglations.
4.—(1) In the case of a governing body incorporated in pursuance of proposals for the establishment of a new grant-maintained school, the following provisions of the initial articles of government shall have effect from the incorporation date: Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, paragraph 2 of Appendix 1 and Appendix 2.
(2) In this regulation “the initial articles of government” is a reference to the initial articles of government set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;
“the incorporation date” means the date specified in the proposals for the establishment of a new grant-maintained school as the proposed incorporation date in relation to the school; and
“proposals for the establishment of a new grant-maintained school” shall be interpreted in accordance with section 22(2)(b) of the 1993 Act.