2.—(1) During the relevant period section 517(1) of the Education Act 1996 shall have effect as if–
(a)in subsection (1) for “which is neither a maintained nor a grant-maintained school” there were substituted “which is not a school maintained by a local education authority”;
(b)in subsection (3)–
(i)for “every maintained or grant-maintained school” there were substituted “every school maintained by a local education authority” and
(ii)for “which is neither a maintained nor a grant-maintained school” there were substituted “which is not maintained by a local education authority”; and
(c)in subsection (7) (as inserted by subsection (6)(e)) the words “In this section “grant-maintained school” includes a grant-maintained special school, and” were omitted.
Section 517 has effect with the modifications specified in subsection (6) of that section from 1st September 1997; see S.I. 1997/1623.