Regulation 12 Consultation by the school organisation committee

Before considering proposals for the establishment of an additional secondary school the school organisation committee shall, where they consider it appropriate to do so, request the comments of such persons as they consider appropriate and the promoters or, where the local education authority has published proposals of its own, the local education authority on the comments and objections that they have received.

When requesting comments under this regulation the committee shall specify the date when the comments shall be received by the committee and the date when the proposals will be considered, and in specifying such dates shall have regard to the requirement of regulation 14(2) that the proposals shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State within six weeks of receipt of the proposals by the local education authority.