Regulation 3 Deemed decision of an education authority

Scotland

An education authority shall be deemed to have refused a placing request made in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2(1) or (2) or 8 of schedule 2 to the Act–

(a)

in the case of such a placing request received by the education authority on or before 15th March in any year with respect to a child, or, as the case may be, young person, being placed in the school specified in the placing request at the commencement of the first term of the school year next following the date of making of the request, on F130th April of the first mentioned year; or

(b)

in the case of any other such placing request, on the expiry of the period of F22 months immediately following receipt by the authority of the placing request,

in the event mentioned in paragraph 4(3) of that schedule, namely if the authority have not before that date of 30th April or, as the case may be, within that period of 2 months, informed the parent or, as the case may be, the young person making the placing request, in writing, of their decision on it in accordance with paragraph 4(1) of that schedule.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 3 substituted (28.2.2022) by The Education (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/462), regs. 1, 4(a)
F2: Words in reg. 3 substituted (27.2.2021) by The Education (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/31), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)