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(1)This section applies where a local education authority are required by virtue of section 192(3) of this Act to serve a school attendance order in respect of a child, other than a child for whom they maintain a statement under section 168 of this Act.
(2)Before serving the order, the authority shall serve on the parent a notice in writing—
(a)informing him of their intention to serve the order,
(b)specifying the school which the authority intend to name in the order and, if they think fit, one or more other schools which they regard as suitable alternatives, and
(c)stating the effect of subsections (3) to (6) below.
(3)If the notice specifies one or more alternative schools and the parent selects one of them within the period of fifteen days beginning with the day on which the notice is served, the school selected by him shall be named in the order.
(4)If—
(a)within the period mentioned in subsection (3) above—
(i)the parent applies for the child to be admitted to a school maintained by a local education authority and, where that authority are not the authority by whom the notice was served, notifies the latter authority of the application, or
(ii)the parent applies for the child to be admitted to a grant-maintained school and notifies the authority by whom the notice was served of the application, and
(b)the child is offered a place at the school as a result of the application,
that school shall be named in the order.
(5)If—
(a)within the period mentioned in subsection (3) above, the parent applies to the local education authority by whom the notice was served for education to be provided for the child at a school which is not maintained by a local education authority and is not a grant-maintained school, and
(b)the child is offered a place at the school under arrangements made by the authority under which the fees payable in respect of the education provided at the school are to be paid by them under section 6 of the [1953 c. 33.] Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953,
that school shall be named in the order.
(6)If, within the period mentioned in subsection (3) above—
(a)the parent applies for the child to be admitted to a school which is not maintained by a local education authority and is not a grant-maintained school, and in respect of which no application is made under subsection (5) above, and notifies the local education authority by whom the notice was served of the application,
(b)the child is offered a place at the school as a result of the application, and
(c)the school is suitable to his age, ability and aptitude and to any special educational needs he may have,
that school shall be named in the order.
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