Education Act 1996

200 Chapter II: interpretation, etc. E+W

(1) This section applies in relation to proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained status and to the school to which they relate.

(2) References to the date of implementation of the proposals—

(a) in relation to a school in respect of which proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained status are required to be published under section 193, are to the date specified (in accordance with regulations under section 189(3)(a)) as the proposed date of implementation in the information given to persons eligible to vote in the originating ballot, and

(b) in any other case, are to the date specified in the proposals as the proposed date of implementation.

(3) In subsection (2)(a) “the originating ballot”—

(a) where section 193(2) applies, means the ballot by reference to which it applies, and

(b) where the proposals are required to be published by virtue of a requirement imposed by the Secretary of State under section 194(1) or (3), means the last ballot held in accordance with section 189 in relation to the school before that requirement was imposed.

F1 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) “The incorporation date” means the date on which the governing body are incorporated.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 200(4) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 70, Sch.31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6); S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I