(1)Save as otherwise expressly provided by this Act, any dispute between a local education authority and the . . . F1 governors of any school with respect to the exercise of any power conferred or the performance of any duty imposed by or under this Act, may, notwithstanding any enactment rendering the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty contingent upon the opinion of the authority or of the . . . F1 governors, be referred to the [F2Secretary of State for Education and Science]; and any such dispute so referred shall be determined by him.
(2)Any dispute between two or more local education authorities as to which of them is responsible for the provision of education for any pupil . . . F3 shall be determined by the [F2Secretary of State for Education and Science.]
(3)Where any trust deed relating to a voluntary [F4or grant-maintained] school makes provision whereby a bishop or any other ecclesiastical or denominational authority has power to decide whether the religious [F5education] given in the school which purports to be in accordance with the provisions of the trust deed does or does not accord with those provisions, that question shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the trust deed.
[F6(4)If in the case of a county [F7voluntary or grant-maintained] school a question arises whether a change in the character of the school or enlargement of the school premises would be a significant change or enlargement, that question shall be determined by the Secretary of State.]
F8(4A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Education Act 1980 (c. 20, SIF 41:1), s. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 1
F2Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1964/490, art. 3(2)(a)
F3Words repealed by Education (No.2) Act 1986 (c. 61, SIF 41:1), s. 67(6) Sch. 6 Pt. I
F4Words inserted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 4(2)
F5Word substituted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 9, 231(7), 235(6), Sch. 1 para. 4(c)
F6S. 67(4) substituted by Education Act 1968 (c. 17), Sch. 1 para. 3
F7Words substituted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 234(1), 235(6), Sch. 12 para. 4(3)
F8S. 67(4A) repealed (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1)(2), Sch. 8 para. 8, Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 67(1) extended by Education (No. 2) Act 1968 (c. 37), s. 3(3)
C3S. 67(1) extended by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 219(1), 231(7), 235(6)
C4S. 67(4) applied (1.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/653, reg. 42(1), Sch. Pt.I.
C5S. 67(4) applied (9.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1084, reg. 8(1), Sch. 2 Pt.I.