Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

144 Denominational schools: proposals under section 22D of Education (Scotland) Act 1980

In section 22D of the [1980 c. 44.] Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (further provisions relating to denominational schools)—

(a) in subsection (2)(a), for the word “the” there shall be substituted “an”;

(b) in subsection (2)(c)—

(i) for the words “the education authority”, where they first occur, there shall be substituted “any education authority affected by it”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (i), for the words “the result” there shall be substituted “any of the results”; and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (ii), after the word “authority”, there shall be inserted “submitting the proposal under subsection (1) above”; and

(c) for subsections (3) and (4) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(3) The results referred to in subsection (2)(c)(i) above are—

(a) a significant deterioration for pupils belonging to the area of the education authority submitting the proposal under subsection (1) above; or

(b) a significant deterioration for pupils belonging to the area of any other education authority; or

(c) where neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) above applies, such a deterioration for pupils as mentioned in the said paragraph (a) and pupils belonging to the area of another education authority as, taken together, amounts to a significant deterioration,

in the provision, distribution or availability of school education in schools of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(a) above compared with such provision, distribution or availability in other public schools.”.