The Education (Admission Appeals Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2005

Duty to advertise for lay members

4.—(1) The appropriate authority must during the period referred to in paragraph (2), secure the publication of an advertisement for lay members of appeal panels constituted in accordance with any of the paragraphs of Schedule 1.

(2) The advertisement referred to in paragraph (1) must be published before the end of the three year period starting when the last advertisement was published by that authority for lay members of an appeal panel constituted in accordance with Schedule 24 to the 1998 Act, and thereafter in every three year period following the date upon which an advertisement (or the final advertisement of a series of advertisements) was last published by that authority in accordance with this regulation.

(3) The advertisement referred to in paragraph (1) above must —

(a) identify by name, class, or general description, the schools served by the appeal panels to which the advertisement refers;

(b) be placed in at least one local newspaper circulating in the area in which the schools identified in the advertisement are situated;

(c) allow a period of at least 21 days from the date of publication of the advertisement for replies.

(4) Before appointing any lay member the appropriate authority must consider any eligible persons who have applied to the authority in response to the most recent advertisement or series of advertisements placed in pursuance of paragraph (1) indicating that they wish to be considered for such appointment.