Regulations shall prescribe the standards to which the premises of schools maintained by local education authorities and of grant-maintained schools are to conform; and without prejudice to the generality of section 569(4) different standards may be prescribed for such descriptions of schools as are specified in the regulations.

Where a school is maintained by a local education authority, the authority shall secure that the school premises conform to the prescribed standards.

Where a school is a grant-maintained school, the governing body shall secure that the school premises conform to the prescribed standards.

Subsections (2) and (3) have effect subject to section 543.