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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-maintained-special-schools-wales-regulations-1999/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1780",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-maintained-special-schools-wales-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Manner of publication of proposals",
  "text": "(1) This regulation prescribes for the purposes of section 31(3)(b) of, and paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 6 and paragraph 5(2)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Act the manner in which proposals relating to maintained special schools (including new schools) required to be published under section 31 of, or paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 6 or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the Act shall be published.\n(2) Any proposals for the establishment of a school shall be published in at least one newspaper circulating in the area proposed to be served by the school.\n(3) Any proposals for the making of a prescribed alteration to a school which would not alter the area to be served by the school or for the discontinuance of the school shall be published–\n(a) in at least one newspaper circulating in the area served by the school; and\n(b) by being posted at or near the main entrance to the school, or, if there is more than one main entrance, all of them.\n(4) Any proposals for the making of a prescribed alteration to a school which would alter the area proposed to be served by the school, shall be published–\n(a) in at least one newspaper circulating in the area served by the school and the area proposed to be served by the school; and\n(b) by being posted at or near the main entrance to the school, or, if there is more than one main entrance, all of them.\n(5) Any proposals that paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 6 to the Act (requirement to implement proposals) should cease to apply in relation to proposals published under section 31 of the Act shall be published–\n(a) in at least one newspaper circulating in the same area or areas in which the newspaper or newspapers in which notice of the original proposals was published circulated; and\n(b) where the proposals relate to an existing school, by being posted at or near the main entrance to the school, or, if there is more than one main entrance, all of them.\n(6) In complying with their obligation under paragraph (2), (3)(a), (4)(a) or (5)(a) the relevant body shall ensure, insofar as is reasonably practicable, that the circulation areas of all the newspapers in which the proposals are published, taken together cover the whole of the area or areas referred to in paragraph (2), (3)(a), (4)(a) or (5)(a), as the case may be.\n(7) For the purposes of paragraph (6), the circulation area is the area in which the newspaper circulates.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1780/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:28:52.410876+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}