School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013

Publication, consultation and objections

48 Publication and consultation

(1) A proposer must publish proposals made under this Chapter in accordance with the Code.

(2) Before publishing proposals made under this Chapter, a proposer must consult on its proposals in accordance with the Code.

(3) The requirement to consult does not apply to proposals to discontinue a school which is a small school (see section 56).

(4) Before the end of 7 days beginning with the day on which they were published, the proposer must send copies of the published proposals to—

(a) the Welsh Ministers, and

(b) the local authority (if it is not the proposer) that maintains, or that it is proposed will maintain, the school to which the proposals relate.

(5) The proposer must publish a report on the consultation it has carried out in accordance with the Code.

49 Objections

(1) Any person may object to proposals published under section 48.

(2) Objections must be sent in writing to the proposer before the end of 28 days beginning with the day on which the proposals were published (“the objection period”).

(3) The proposer must publish a summary of all objections made in accordance with subsection (2) (and not withdrawn) and its response to those objections—

(a) in the case of a local authority that is required to determine its own proposals under section 53, before the end of 7 days beginning with the day of its determination under section 53(1), and

(b) in all other cases, before the end of 28 days beginning with the end of the objection period.