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(1)Where subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies in relation to a school, the Secretary of State may direct that, despite the fact that the prescribed requirement referred to in that subsection is not satisfied, the school premises shall be taken, as respects the matters specified in the direction, to conform to the standards prescribed under section 542 so long as—
(a)the direction remains in force, and
(b)any conditions specified in the direction as respects those matters are observed.
(2)This subsection applies if the Secretary of State is satisfied, having regard—
(a)to the nature of the school’s existing site,
(b)to any existing buildings on the site, or
(c)to other special circumstances affecting the school premises,
that it would be unreasonable to require conformity with any prescribed requirement as to any matter.
(3)This subsection applies if—
(a)the school is to have an additional or new site, and
(b)the Secretary of State is satisfied, having regard to the shortage of suitable sites, that it would be unreasonable to require conformity with any prescribed requirement relating to sites.
(4)This subsection applies if—
(a)the school is to have additional buildings, or is to be transferred to a new site,
(b)existing buildings not previously part of the school premises, or temporary buildings, are to be used for that purpose, and
(c)the Secretary of State is satisfied, having regard to the need to control public expenditure in the interests of the national economy, that it would be unreasonable to require conformity with any prescribed requirement relating to buildings.
(5)In this section “prescribed requirement” means a requirement of regulations under section 542.
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