{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/schools-consultation-scotland-act-2010/section-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/schools-consultation-scotland-act-2010/section-2A.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/2",
  "legislation_title": "Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/schools-consultation-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/2A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": "Restriction on closure proposals",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a decision is made not to implement a closure proposal in relation to a school.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—\n(a) a decision not to implement a closure proposal is—\n(i) a decision not to implement the proposal made by the education authority following the publication of a consultation report in relation to the proposal (whether or not the proposal was called-in under section 15),\n(ii) a decision of a School Closure Review Panel in relation to the proposal under section 17C(1)(a),\n(b) such a decision is made by a School Closure Review Panel on the day on which the Panel notifies the decision to the education authority in pursuance of section 17C(5).\n(3) The education authority may not publish a proposal paper concerning a further closure proposal in relation to the school during the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which the decision is made unless there is a significant change in the school's circumstances.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2A inserted (1.8.2014) by Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8), ss. 77, 102(3); S.S.I. 2014/165, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/2/section/2A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:32.586982+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."
}