(1)The articles of government for every county, controlled and maintained special school shall provide for it to be the duty of the local education authority to determine—
(a)the times at which the school session is to begin and end on any day ; and
(b)the dates and times at which the school terms and holidays are to begin and end.
(2)The articles of government for every such school shall provide for the local education authority to have power to require pupils in attendance at the school to attend at any place outside the school premises for the purpose of receiving any instruction or training included in the secular curriculum for the school.
(3)The articles of government for every aided and special agreement school shall make the same provision as is required by subsections (1) and (2) above, but in relation to the governing body in place of the local education authority.