[F126B Plans of National Council.E+W
(1)In preparing a school organisation plan a local education authority in Wales shall have regard to the plans of the National Council for Education and Training for Wales published under section 43 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.
(2)Subsection (3) applies if a school organisation plan prepared by a local education authority in Wales is being considered by the school organisation committee or by the adjudicator.
(3)The committee or the adjudicator shall have regard to the plans of the National Council for Education and Training for Wales published under section 43 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.
(4)In this section references to the school organisation committee are to the committee established by the authority under regulations made under section 27.
(5)In this section references to the adjudicator are to—
(a)such person appointed as adjudicator under those regulations as may be determined in accordance with them, or
(b)such persons appointed as a panel of adjudicators under those regulations as may be so determined.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 26A, 26B inserted (28.7.2000 in so far as consequential on ss. 130, 131, Sch. 8 and 1.1.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 21, s. 149, Sch. 9 para. 81; S.I. 2000/1559, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. III; S.I. 2000/3230, art. 2, Sch.