The Education (Maintained Special Schools) (England) Regulations 1999

Objections to proposals

8.—(1) This regulation–

(a) prescribes for the purposes of paragraph 2(2)(a) and (3) of Schedule 6 and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 7 the period within which objections to proposals mentioned in those paragraphs relating to maintained special schools may be sent; and

(b) prescribes for the purposes of paragraph 2(2)(b) of Schedule 6 the period within which a local education authority must send copies of objections to proposals relating to maintained special schools.

(2) Objections to proposals published under section 31 or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 shall be sent to the local education authority or the relevant school organisation committee (as the case may be)–

(a) within two months after the date of publication of the proposals, except where sub-paragraph (b) applies; and

(b) within one month after the date of publication of the proposals, where–

(i) the proposals are published under section 31 to make a prescribed alteration to or to discontinue a school to which section 15 of the Act applies, or

(ii) the proposals are published under section 31 to establish a new school on the same site as a school to which section 15 applies and which it is proposed to discontinue.

(3) The local education authority shall send copies of objections to proposals published under section 31 together with the authority’s observations on them to the relevant school organisation committee in accordance with paragraph 2(2)(b) of Schedule 6 within–

(a) one month after the end of the objection period except where the proposals fall within paragraph (2)(b); and

(b) two weeks after the end of the objection period where the proposals fall within paragraph (2)(b).