5. In regulation 11(1) of the principal Regulations (“pending” procedure for becoming a grant-maintained special school), for the words “a grant-maintained special school as they apply in relation to other schools” there shall be substituted—
“a maintained special school in relation to which the procedure for such a school to become a grant-maintained special school has been initiated and not terminated as they apply in relation to other schools in relation to which the procedure for acquisition of grant-maintained status is pending.”.