The Self-Governing Schools (Suspension of Proposals) (Scotland) Order 1994
Section 21 of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (as amended by section 143 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994) provides that certain proposals by an education authority to make changes to one of their schools cannot be decided upon by the authority or consented to by the Secretary of State while procedures for possible acquisition of self-governing status for the school are pending.