Proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status
37.—(1) Article 71 of the 1989 Order (procedure for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (3) for the words from “and a proposal” to the end there shall be substituted
“and shall be submitted to the relevant board—
(a)in the case of a proposal under paragraph (1), within such period as may be so required; and
(b)in the case of a proposal under paragraph (2), not later than the beginning of such period immediately before the proposed date of implementation as the Department may specify”.
(3) Paragraph (4) shall cease to have effect.
(4) For paragraphs (6) and (7) there shall be substituted—
“(6) The relevant board shall, within 21 days of receiving a proposal under paragraph (1) or (2)—
(a)submit the proposal to the Department; and then
(b)publish, by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in the area affected by the proposal, a notice stating—
(i)such particulars of the nature of the proposal as may be required by the Department;
(ii)that the proposal has been submitted to the Department;
(iii)that a copy of the proposal can be inspected at a specified place; and
(iv)that objections to the proposal can be made to the Department within two months of the date specified in the advertisement being the date on which the advertisement first appears.
(6A) The relevant board shall furnish a copy of the proposal to any person, on application and payment of such reasonable sum as the board may determine.
(6B) The relevant board may, before the expiry of the period specified in the notice under paragraph (6)(b)(iv), submit its views on the proposal to the Department.
(7) Subject to paragraphs (8), (9) and (10), the Department after—
(a)considering any objections to a proposal made to it within the period specified in the notice under paragraph (6)(b)(iv);
(b)considering any views of the relevant board submitted to it under paragraph (6B); and
(c)making such modifications, if any, in the proposal as, after consultation with the Board of Governors or person making the proposal, it considers necessary or expedient,
may approve the proposal and inform that Board of Governors or person accordingly.”.
(5) Nothing in this Article applies in relation to a proposal under Article 71 of the 1989 Order submitted to a board before the coming into operation of this Article.