Subsection (1) provides that this section applies where the School Support Staff Negotiating Body has submitted an agreement following reconsideration under section 148I.
	Subsection (2) gives the Secretary of State powers to (a) make regulations ratifying the agreement in full or partially; (b) refer the agreement back to the School Support Staff Negotiating Body for reconsideration; (c) make regulations requiring prescribed persons to have regard to the agreement in exercising prescribed functions; (d) make regulations in relation to a matter to which the agreement relates, otherwise than in the terms of the agreement. Where the Secretary of State ratifies only part of an agreement, the remainder of the agreement falls away.
	Subsection (3) provides that the Secretary of State may refer an agreement back to the School Support Staff Negotiating Body for reconsideration under subsection (2) only if it appears to the Secretary of State that one or more of the conditions set out in subsection (5) apply, being that (a) the agreement does not properly address the matter; (b) it is not practicable to implement the agreement; or (c) the School Support Staff Negotiating Body has failed to take into account factors specified by the Secretary of State.
	Subsection (4) provides that the Secretary of State may make regulations under subsection 2(d) only if it appears to her that one or more of the conditions in subsection (5) applies and there is an urgent need to make such regulations.
Part 3: Pay and Conditions in Particular Sectors Chapter 1: School Support Staff New section 148J Powers of Secretary of State following reconsideration under section 148I