Part IIIGrant-maintained schools
Chapter IIProcedure for acquisition of grant-maintained status
Ballot of parents
191Second ballot to be held if insufficient votes cast
1
Where in any ballot held in accordance with section 189 (other than one held by virtue of this section)—
a
the total number of votes cast by persons eligible to vote is less than 50 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 14 days beginning with the day 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 193(1), and
b
subject to the modifications mentioned in subsection (3), section 189 shall apply as it applies in a case where the governing body of a school are under a duty by virtue of section 186 or 187 to secure that a ballot is held.
3
The modifications are—
a
that section 189(3)(a) shall be omitted, and
b
that section 189(4) shall be read as if the information there referred to were the information given for the purposes of the first ballot.