PART 3SCHOOL ORGANISATION
CHAPTER 5PROPOSALS FOR RESTRUCTURING SIXTH FORM EDUCATION
Implementation of proposals for restructuring sixth form education
I174Form of implementation
1
This section applies to proposals which have been adopted by the Welsh Ministers under section 73.
2
The proposals must (subject to the following provisions of this section) be implemented in the form in which they were adopted.
3
At the request of a specified body, the Welsh Ministers—
a
may modify proposals adopted under section 73 after consulting the specified bodies, and
b
where the adoption of proposals was expressed to take effect subject to the occurrence of a specified event, may specify a later date by which that event must occur.
4
The Welsh Ministers may determine that subsection (2) does not apply to the proposals if they are satisfied, after consulting the specified bodies—
a
that implementation of the proposals would be unreasonably difficult, or
b
that circumstances have so altered since the proposals were adopted that implementation of the proposals would be inappropriate.
5
Each of the following is a “specified body” for the purposes of subsections (3) and (4)—
a
the governing body of the school to which the proposals relate;
b
in the case of a proposal to establish a new school, the temporary governing body constituted in accordance with arrangements made under section 34 of the Education Act 2002;
c
the local authority that maintains, or that it is proposed will maintain, the school to which the proposals relate;
d
where the school to which the proposals relate is a community special school each local authority which maintains F1a statement of special educational needs under Part 4 of the Education Act 1996F1an individual development plan under Part 2 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 in respect of a registered pupil at the school.