Paragraphs 33 to 38 apply to schools F1maintained by a local education authority in England in respect of which proposals are published under this Schedule.

In those paragraphs—

• “adjudicator” means a person appointed under section 25 of the M1School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (and that section and Schedule 5 to that Act shall have effect in relation to references to “the adjudicator”),

• “the Council” means the Learning and Skills Council for England,

• “prescribed” means prescribed by or determined in accordance with regulations,

• “regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State, and

• “the school organisation committee” means, in relation to a school, the school organisation committee for the area of the local education authority who maintain the school.

Regulations prescribing the period mentioned in paragraph 35(6) or 37(1) may make provision by reference to the opinion of the committee.