Regulation 5 Preparation of proposals

(1)

Each education authority shall draw up proposals for determining the relevant area or relevant areas for consultation by the admission authorities for the local schools.

(2)

The proposals shall be such that–

(a)

a relevant area will be determined in relation to consultation by the admission authority for each local school (referred to in the rest of these regulations as a relevant area “for” such a school); and

(b)

every part of the authority’s area will fall within at least one relevant area for a local primary school or schools and at least one relevant area for a local secondary school or schools (which may be the same relevant area as that for the primary school or schools).

(3)

The proposals may contain proposals of any of the following kinds–

(a)

for different relevant areas to be determined for different local schools, or for different groups or categories of local schools;

(b)

for the same relevant area to be determined for all local schools;

(c)

for a relevant area to be determined for one case to overlap, wholly or partly, the relevant area to be determined for another case;

(d)

for the relevant area to be determined for any local school or schools to comprise part (or all) of the area of the education authority and part (or all) of the area of one or more other education authorities.