{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-school-admissions-england-regulations-2003/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-school-admissions-england-regulations-2003/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1041",
  "legislation_title": "The New School (Admissions) (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-school-admissions-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Responsibility for initial admission arrangements",
  "text": "(1) The initial admission arrangements for a new school which is to be a community or voluntary controlled school shall be made by—\n(a) the local education authority, or\n(b) the temporary governing body where, with the agreement of that body, the local education authority have delegated to them responsibility for determining those arrangements.\n(2) The initial admission arrangements for a new school which is to be a foundation or a voluntary aided school shall be made by—\n(a) the temporary governing body, or\n(b) (unless sub-paragraph (c) applies) the promoters where—\n(i) the temporary governing body have not yet been constituted, and\n(ii) the promoters consider it expedient for the admission arrangements to be determined without delay, or\n(c) in the case of a foundation school which is to be established by a local education authority pursuant to proposals published under section 28(1)(a) of the 1998 Act, that authority where—\n(i) the temporary governing body have not yet been constituted, and\n(ii) that authority considers it expedient for the admission arrangements to be determined without delay.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1041/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:26:05.506670+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."
}