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Provision of Information

19.—(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 1999(1).