The Education (Special Schools Conducted by Education Associations) Regulations 1994
By orders made under section 220 of the Education Act 1993 responsibility for the conduct of county and voluntary schools may be transferred to education associations, and sections 221 to 227 of the Act make further provision regarding the subsequent conduct (or discontinuance) of such schools. Under section 228(2) and (3) of the Act regulations may apply these provisions with modifications to maintained special schools and may provide for the transfer to education associations of responsibility for the conduct, and the subsequent conduct, of such schools.