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The proposer must publish a summary of all objections made in accordance with subsection (2) (and not withdrawn) and its response to those objections—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.