Provision of Information19

1

The school organisation committee must notify the following persons of each decision taken under paragraphs 4(2) or 10(3) of Schedule 10 together with their reasons for taking such a decision—

a

the persons or body who submitted the proposals;

b

(if different) the local education authority who it is proposed should maintain the school;

c

subject to paragraph (4), each objector; and

d

the Secretary of State.

2

The school organisation committee must notify the persons referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) (b) and (d) of paragraph (1) if they refer any proposals or matter to the adjudicator under paragraphs 4(2)(d), 5(1), and 10(5) of Schedule 10 or pursuant to a direction under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 10.

3

The adjudicator must notify the persons referred to in paragraph (2) and the relevant school organisation committee of each decision taken under paragraphs 6 and 10(6) of Schedule 10.

4

Where objections to a proposal take the form of a petition (that is to say a document containing the text of one objection signed by more than one objector) the school organisation committee may comply with paragraph (1) as the case may be by—

a

notifying the person (if any) who appears to them to have arranged for the petition to be sent to the local education authority or school organisation committee; or

b

if there is no such person, notifying the objector whose name appears first on the petition.

5

Paragraph (3) does not apply in relation to any decision provision for the notification of which is made by regulation 15 of the Education (Adjudicators Inquiry Procedure etc.) Regulations 199914.