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Paragraph 34 Provision for notification of decisionsI1

England and Wales

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(1)

The local education authority must notify the following persons of each decision under paragraph 31, together with their reasons—

(a)

the governing body;

(b)

the trustees of the school (if any);

(c)

the Secretary of State;

(d)

where proposals include provision for 14-16 education or sixth form education, the Learning and Skills Council for England;

(e)

the Diocesan Board of Education for any diocese of the Church of England any part of which is comprised in the area of the authority;

(f)

the bishop of any diocese of the Roman Catholic Church any part of which is comprised in the area of the authority;

(g)

where the proposals relate to a special school—

(i)

the relevant Primary Care Trust for the area in which the school is situated, and

(ii)

any NHS trust or NHS foundation trust responsible for a hospital or other provision in the area in which the school is situated;

(h)

subject to sub-paragraph (3), each objector to the proposals; and

(i)

the adjudicator.

(2)

In the case of any determination made by the adjudicator pursuant to paragraph 31(5) or 33, the adjudicator must notify the local education authority and the persons in sub-paragraphs (a) to (h) of sub-paragraph (1) of each decision, together with his reasons.

(3)

Where objections to a proposal take the form of a petition (that is to say a document containing the text of one objection signed by more than one objector) the authority or adjudicator (as the case may be) may comply with sub-paragraph (1)(h) by—

(a)

notifying the person (if any) who appears to them to have arranged for the petition to be sent to the authority; or

(b)

if there is no such person, notifying the objector whose name appears first on the petition.

Annotations

Commencement

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Sch. 3 para. 34 in force at 25.5.2007, see reg. 1(1)