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8(1)This paragraph applies where such a governing body dissolved by virtue of paragraph 6 are the governing body of two or more schools grouped in pursuance of a resolution under section 89.
(2)Where none of the schools in the group are discontinued, then in the case of each school formerly a member of the group—
(a)all land and other property which, immediately before the date of dissolution, was property of the governing body used or held for the purposes of that school, and
(b)all rights and liabilities of the governing body subsisting immediately before that date which were acquired or incurred for those purposes,
shall be transferred to and, by virtue of this Act, vest in the new governing body of the school in accordance with the order providing for the instrument of government for the school.
(3)An order made by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) may provide that—
(a)the whole or any part of any such land and other property which was property of the governing body used or held for the purposes of the schools in the group, and
(b)any such rights and liabilities of the governing body which were acquired or incurred for those purposes,
shall be transferred to and, by virtue of this Act, vest in the new governing body of the school.
(4)Where not all of the schools in the group are discontinued, then in the case of each school formerly a member of the group which is not discontinued—
(a)all land and other property which, immediately before the date of dissolution, was property of the governing body used or held for the purposes of that school, and
(b)all rights and liabilities of the governing body subsisting immediately before that date which were acquired or incurred for those purposes,
shall be transferred to and, by virtue of this Act, vest in the new governing body of the school in accordance with the order providing for the instrument of government for the school.
(5)An order made by virtue of sub-paragraph (4) may provide that—
(a)the whole or any part of any such land and other property which was property of the governing body used or held for the purposes of any school which is to be discontinued or the schools in the group, and
(b)any such rights and liabilities of the governing body which were acquired or incurred for those purposes,
shall be transferred to and, by virtue of this Act, vest in the new governing body of the school.
(6)Sub-paragraph (5) does not apply to any land or other property held by the governing body on trust for the purposes of a voluntary school; and any such land or other property so held shall be transferred to and, by virtue of this Act, vest in the trustees of the school.