Education Act 1993

107 Implementation of proposals

(1) Where any proposals are approved under section 106 of this Act, the governing body shall cease to conduct the school on the discontinuance date.

(2) In this section, “the discontinuance date” means—

(a) the date of discontinuance specified in the proposals as approved, or

(b) if—

(i) at the request of the governing body, or

(ii) in the case of proposals published under section 105 of this Act, at the request of the funding authority and after consulting the governing body,

the Secretary of State subsequently fixes another date (whether in substitution for the date specified in the proposals as approved or in substitution for a date previously fixed under this subsection), that date.

(3) The governing body of a grant-maintained school shall not discontinue the school except in pursuance of proposals published under section 104 or 105 of this Act and approved or adopted under section 106 of this Act.