PART 3SCHOOL ORGANISATION
CHAPTER 2SCHOOL ORGANISATION PROPOSALS
Publication, consultation and objections
I148Publication and consultation
1
A proposer must publish proposals made under this Chapter in accordance with the Code.
2
Before publishing proposals made under this Chapter, a proposer must consult on its proposals in accordance with the Code.
3
The requirement to consult does not apply to proposals to discontinue a school which is a small school (see section 56).
4
Before the end of 7 days beginning with the day on which they were published, the proposer must send copies of the published proposals to—
a
the Welsh Ministers, and
b
the local authority (if it is not the proposer) that maintains, or that it is proposed will maintain, the school to which the proposals relate.
5
The proposer must publish a report on the consultation it has carried out in accordance with the Code.
I249Objections
1
Any person may object to proposals published under section 48.
2
Objections must be sent in writing to the proposer before the end of 28 days beginning with the day on which the proposals were published (“the objection period”).
3
The proposer must publish a summary of all objections made in accordance with subsection (2) (and not withdrawn) and its response to those objections—
a
in the case of a local authority that is required to determine its own proposals under section 53, before the end of 7 days beginning with the day of its determination under section 53(1), and
b
in all other cases, before the end of 28 days beginning with the end of the objection period.