| PART I |
| GENERAL |
| 1. | Citation and commencement. |
| 2. | Interpretation. |
| PART II |
| PROCEDURES FOR FORMING OR RE-FORMING GROUPS |
| 3. | Initiating procedure for schools to acquire grant-maintained status as newly formed groups. |
| 4. | Initiating procedure for schools to acquire grant-maintained status by joining an existing group. |
| 5. | Information. |
| 6. | Ballot for parents. |
| 7. | Eligibility. |
| 8. | Announcement of the results of the first ballots. |
| 9. | Second ballot. |
| 10. | Voiding ballots. |
| 11. | Agreement between some participating schools to propose grant-maintained status as a group. |
| 12. | Publication of proposals. |
| 13. | Initiating procedure for a grant-maintained school to join a group. |
| 14. | Initiating procedure for grant-maintained schools to form groups. |
| 15. | Initiating procedure for groups to merge. |
| 16. | Approval, withdrawal or rejection of proposals. |
| 17. | Incorporation. |
| 18. | Exercise of powers before date of implementation of proposals. |
| 19. | Expenses in connection with proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained status. |
| 20. | Transfer of property - schools which are not grant-maintained. |
| 21. | Transfer of staff - schools which are not grant-maintained. |
| 22. | Transfer of property and staff: grant-maintained schools. |
| 23. | "Pending procedure". |
| PART III |
| GOVERNMENT OF GROUPS AND PROPOSED GROUPS |
| 24. | Application of Schedule 5 to the 1993 Act (Governing Bodies). |
| 25. | Application of Schedule 6 to the 1993 Act (Articles of Government). |
| 26. | Determination of initial teacher and parent governors. |
| 27. | Determination of initial core governors. |
| 28. | Notice of selection of core governors not named in proposals. |
| 29. | Replacement of proposed initial parent and teacher governors before incorporation. |
| 30. | Replacement of initial core governors before incorporation. |
| PART IV |
| PROCEDURE FOR A SCHOOL TO LEAVE A GROUP |
| 31. | Initiating procedure for leaving a group. |
| 32. | Procedure for hospital special school to leave a group. |
| 33. | Publication of proposals for leaving a group. |
| 34. | Approval of proposals for leaving a group. |
| 35. | Incorporation of governing body of a school leaving a group. |
| 36. | Incorporation of governing body of remaining group. |
| 37. | Exercise of powers before proposed date of implementation. |
| 38. | Transfer of property. |
| 39. | Transfer of staff in respect of a school leaving a group. |
| 40. | Transfer of staff to new governing body of group. |
| 41. | Determination of initial parent and teacher governors of a school leaving a group. |
| 42. | Determination of initial governors in respect of a school leaving a group. |
| 43. | Notice to the Secretary of State of subsequent governors. |
| 44. | Determination of initial governors on the governing body of the new group. |
| PART V |
| ALTERATION AND DISCONTINUANCE OF GRANT-MAINTAINED SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN GROUPS |
| 45. | Modification of the 1993 Act. |
