224School conducted by education association acquiring grant-maintained status
(1)Where the Secretary of State—
(a)has received a copy of a report under section 227(2) of this Act in respect of a school conducted by an education association, and
(b)is of the opinion that the school should become a grant-maintained school,
he may give notice in writing of his opinion to the head teacher of the school, the education association, the local education authority and (except in the case of a school in Wales before the Schools Funding Council for Wales have begun to exercise their functions) the funding authority.
(2)An education association which receive a notice under subsection (1) above in respect of a school shall, within the period of three months beginning with the receipt of the notice, publish proposals under section 32 of this Act.
(3)In relation to proposals published under section 32 of this Act by virtue of this section and the incorporation of a governing body in pursuance of such proposals, Chapters II and V of Part II of this Act shall have effect—
(a)as if the school to which the proposals relate had continued, after the transfer date, to be a county or, as the case may be, voluntary school, and
(b)with such other modifications as may be prescribed.