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1(1)Section 10 of the 1944 Act (requirements as to school premises) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), after the word “authorities" there shall be inserted the words “and of grant-maintained schools".
(3)In subsection (2), after the words “maintained by them" there shall be inserted the words “or, in the case of a grant-maintained school, the duty of the governing body of the school to secure that the premises of the school".
2In section 48(4) of that Act (medical inspection and treatment of pupils)—
(a)after the words “education authority" there shall be inserted the words “or, in the case of pupils at a grant-maintained school, the duty of the governing body of the school";
(b)after the words “the authority" there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be, to the governing body".
3Until the coming into force of paragraph 56 below, section 62(1) of that Act (training of teachers) shall have effect as if after the words “service in" there were inserted the words “grant-maintained schools and".
4(1)Section 67 of that Act (determination of disputes and questions) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3) (determination of question whether religious education is in accordance with trust deed), after the word “voluntary" there shall be inserted the words “or grant-maintained".
(3)In subsection (4) (determination of question whether proposed change in county or voluntary school is significant), for the words “or voluntary" there shall be substituted the words “voluntary or grant-maintained".
5In section 80(1) of that Act (registration of pupils at schools), after the words “governors thereof" there shall be inserted the words “and in the case of a grant-maintained school the governing body of the school".
6In section 81(a) of that Act (regulations empowering local education authorities to defray expenses of pupils at county, voluntary or special schools), after the words “voluntary schools" there shall be inserted the words “grant-maintained schools".
7(1)Section 114(1) of that Act (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In the definition of “independent school”, after the words “not being a school maintained by a local education authority" there shall be inserted the words “a grant-maintained school".
(3)In the definition of “school”, after the words “being a school maintained by a local education authority" there shall be inserted the words “a grant-maintained school".
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