Proposals for alteration, etc. of schools eligible for grant-maintained integrated status
74.—(1) Before formulating in respect of any controlled school which is eligible for grant-maintained integrated status any proposal under Article 14(1)(c), (d) or (e) of the principal Order, a board shall consult the Board of Governors of the school.
(2) No proposal shall be submitted under Article 14 of the principal Order in respect of any school in respect of which a proposal for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status has been approved.
(3) Paragraph (4) applies in any case where either—
(a)after a proposal for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status has been first submitted to the Department under Article 71 in respect of any school which is eligible for grant-maintained integrated status but before that proposal is withdrawn or determined a proposal in respect of the school is submitted to the Department under Article 14 of the principal Order; or
(b)after a proposal in respect of any such school has been submitted to the Department under Article 14 of the prin-cipal Order but before that proposal is withdrawn or determined a proposal for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status for the school is first submitted to the Department under Article 71.
(4) In any case to which this paragraph applies, the Department shall consider both proposals together but shall not determine the proposal under Article 14 until it has made its determination with respect to the proposal for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status.
(5) Where—
(a)a proposal under Article 14(1)(d) or (e), (2)(d) or (e) or (3)(c) of the principal Order with respect to any school has been approved under Article 14(7) of that Order; and
(b)the school becomes a grant-maintained integrated school before that proposal has been implemented,
that proposal shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as if it had been published and approved under Article 79.