(1) In regulation 2(2) for the definition of “appropriate person” there shall be substituted the following definition–
“appropriate person” means–
before 1st September 1999–
in the case of a person employed at an aided school within the meaning of section 32 of the 1996 Act or at a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school, the local education authority, and
in the case of any other employee, the person by whom he was employed; and
on and after 1st September 1999–
in the case of a person employed at a foundation or voluntary aided school or a foundation special school within the meaning of section 20 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 , the local education authority; and
in the case of any other employee, the person by whom he was employed;
(2) After paragraph (3) of that regulation there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
(4) For the purposes of these regulations a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school shall, before 1st September 1999, be treated as a school maintained by a local education authority.