6. A qualifying secondary scheme must require a governing body who are the admission authority for a secondary school—
(a)to notify the authority of any application made to the school direct (regardless of whether the parent making the application resides in that authority’s area),
(b)to determine or make arrangements for another body (including the authority) to determine by reference to the school’s admissions criteria the order of priority in which each application for the school (whether made to the school direct or under the common application form) is ranked; and
(c)to notify or, where arrangements have been made under sub-paragraph (b) for another body (not being the authority) to make a determination, to arrange for that body to notify the authority of their determination under sub-paragraph (b).