Part II GRANT-MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
C1Chapter II PROCEDURE FOR ACQUISITION OF GRANT-MAINTAINED STATUS
Ballot of parents
C230 Second ballot to be held if insufficient votes cast.
1
Where in any ballot held in accordance with section 28 of this Act (other than one held by virtue of this section)—
a
the total number of votes cast by persons eligible to vote is less than fifty per cent. of the number of persons eligible to vote, or
b
the number of votes cast in favour is the same as the number of votes cast against,
the governing body shall secure that a second ballot is held within the period of fourteen days beginning with the date immediately after that on which the result of the first ballot is determined.
2
In such a case—
a
the result of the first ballot shall be disregarded for the purposes of section 32(1) of this Act, and
b
subject to the modifications mentioned in subsection (3) below, section 28 of this Act shall apply as it applies in a case where the governing body of a school are under a duty by virtue of section 25 or 26 of this Act to secure that a ballot is held.
3
The modifications are—
a
that section 28(3)(a) shall be omitted, and
b
that section 28(4) shall be read as if the information there referred to were the information given for the purposes of the first ballot.
Pt. II Chapter II (ss. 23-37) modified (1.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1041, reg. 17(2)(a)