Subject to paragraph (3), this regulation prescribes for the purposes of section 89B(5)(b) of the 1998 Act, the single day in each year on which an authority’s determination in accordance with the provisions of a qualifying secondary scheme or an imposed secondary scheme to offer or refuse a child admission to a secondary school in their area is to be communicated to a parent.

The prescribed day is 1^st March in the year following the relevant determination year except that, in any year in which that day is not a working day, the prescribed day is the next working day.

This regulation does not apply to applications made otherwise than in the course of a normal admission round.