New special schoolsE+W
8(1)Any reference—E+W
(a)in section 120, to maintained special schools or to a maintained special school, or
(b)in section 124, to special schools or to a special school,
shall be read as including a new school proposed to be established by a local education authority which will be a maintained special school and which has a temporary governing body.
(2)Any reference in section 120 or 124 to a school’s governing body shall be read, in relation to such a new school, as a reference to its temporary governing body.
(3)The reference in section 124(1) to a local education authority maintaining a special school or special schools shall be read, in relation to such a new school, as a reference to the authority being under a duty by virtue of paragraph 20 of Schedule 9 to defray expenses in relation to its temporary governing body.
9E+WSection 124(8) shall not apply in relation to the temporary governing body of a new school.