Regulation 8 Objections to proposals

(1)

This regulation–

(a)

prescribes for the purposes of paragraph 7(2)(a) and (3) of Schedule 6 and paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 7 to the Act the period within which objections to proposals mentioned in those paragraphs relating to maintained special schools may be sent; and

(b)

prescribes for the purposes of paragraph 7(2)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Act the period within which a local education authority must send to the Assembly copies of objections to proposals relating to such schools.

(2)

Objections to proposals published under section 31 of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the Act shall be sent to the local education authority or the Assembly (as the case may be)–

(a)

within the period of two months after the date of publication of the proposals, except where sub-paragraph (b) applies; and

(b)

within the period of one month after the date of publication of the proposals, where–

(i)

the proposals are published under section 31 of the Act to make a prescribed alteration to or to discontinue a school to which section 15 of the Act applies, or

(ii)

the proposals are published under section 31 of the Act to establish a new school on the same site as a school to which section 15 of the Act applies and which it is proposed to discontinue.

(3)

The local education authority shall send copies of objections made (and not withdrawn in writing) within the objection period, together with the authority’s observations thereon, to the Assembly in accordance with paragraph 7(2)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Act within–

(a)

the period of one month after the end of the objection period except where the proposals fall within paragraph (2)(b); or

(b)

the period of two weeks after the end of the objection period where the proposals fall within paragraph (2)(b).