Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 704

The Education (Transition to New Framework) (School Organisation Proposals) Regulations 1999

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    (2) Parts II and IV of these Regulations do not apply to local education authorities or schools maintained by (or, in the case of new schools, proposed to be maintained by) local education authorities in Wales.

Interpretation
     2.  - (1) In these Regulations-

"the 1996 Act" means the Education Act 1996[2];

"the 1998 Act" means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

"the 1999 Regulations" means the Education (Transition to New Framework) (New Schools, Groups and Miscellaneous) Regulations 1999[3];

"the plan approval date" in relation to any local education authority means the date on which the first school organisation plan for that authority has been approved under section 26 of the 1998 Act.

    (2) Until 1st September 1999 in the context of a grant-maintained school or grant-maintained special school any reference in these Regulations to the local education authority which maintains or is to maintain the school is a reference to the local education authority for the area in which the school is situated, unless paragraph (3) applies.

    (3) Where however an order has been made under section 20(5) of the 1998 Act in respect of a grant-maintained school to the effect that it shall be maintained from 1st September 1999 by the former maintaining authority rather than the authority in whose area it is situated on 1st September 1999, any reference in these Regulations, in the context of that school to the local education authority which maintains the school is (until 1st September 1999) a reference to the former maintaining authority.

    (4) For the purposes of these regulations proposals are determined where-

(a) the proposals have been approved (with or without modification) or rejected by the Secretary of State;

(b) a local education authority have determined whether or not the proposals should be implemented, or

(c) the funding authority have determined whether to adopt the proposals,

as appropriate.

    (5) Where these regulations provide for any statutory provision to continue to apply, that provision shall continue to apply in accordance with the relevant provisions of these regulations after the date of the coming into force of the repeal of the statutory provision in question effected by Schedule 31 to the 1998 Act and despite the coming into force of that repeal.

    (2) Where before 1st April 1999 the funding authority have, under section 260 of the 1996 Act, submitted to the Secretary of State a copy of proposals for a school to cease to be an establishment which admits pupils of one sex only, section 552(3) of the 1996 Act (except for paragraph (b) and the words "or, as the case may be, the funding authority") shall continue to apply in relation to such proposals.

Modification of section 262 of the 1996 Act
     5.  - (1) Section 262 of the 1996 Act shall have effect as if-

(a) in subsection (1), for "the funding authority" or "the authority" in each place where those words occur there were substituted "the Secretary of State";

(b) for subsection (2) there were substituted-

    " (2) Where the funding authority have published proposals under section 260 the governing body shall, if the Secretary of State so directs, submit to the Secretary of State at such time and in such form and manner as he may direct, the particulars mentioned in subsection (3); and particulars so submitted require the approval of the Secretary of State under this section.";

(c) for subsection (3)(b) there were substituted-


" (b) such other particulars in respect of the premises or proposed premises of the school as the Secretary of State may require.".

    (2) Any directions given by the finding authority under section 262(1) of the 1996 Act before 1st April 1999 shall be treated for the purposes of that subsection (as modified in accordance with paragraph (1) above) as a direction given by the Secretary of State.

    (3) The modifications made to section 262(2) and (3)(b) of the 1996 Act by paragraph (1) above shall not apply in any case where the funding authority have adopted particulars under section 262(2) of that Act before 1st April 1999.

Proposals under section 268 of the 1996 Act
     6. Where before 1st April 1999 the funding authority have published proposals under section 268(2) of the 1996 Act (proposals by funding authority for discontinuance of a grant-maintained school) which have not been determined before 1st April 1999, sections 268(6) and (7) and 269 of the 1996 Act shall continue to apply in relation to such proposals but-

(a) all such proposals shall require the approval of the Secretary of State (despite section 269(2)); and

(b) the Secretary of State may only approve the proposals if the local education authority which maintains the school consent and otherwise he shall reject them.

Proposals under section 339 of the 1996 Act
     7.  - (1) Where before 1st April 1999 the funding authority have under section 339(5) of the 1996 Act served notice of proposals such as is mentioned in section 339(2) of that Act (establishment etc. of grant-maintained special schools)-

(a) in the case of proposals such as are mentioned in section 339(2)(a) or (c) the Secretary of State may only approve the proposals under section 340(4) of that Act if the local education authority which maintains or is to maintain the school consents and otherwise he shall reject them; and

(b) in the case of proposals such as are mentioned in section 339(2)(b), the Secretary of State shall consult the local authority which maintains the school and the governing body of the school before taking any decision under section 340(4) of that Act.

    (2) Where-

(a) proposals such as are mentioned in section 339(2)(a) of the 1996 Act were approved before 1st April 1999 but have not been implemented before that date, or

(b) such proposals were approved on or after 1st April 1999 in accordance with paragraph (1),

section 339(6) and 340(5)(b) shall have effect, in relation to such proposals, as if for "the body which served the notice" there were substituted "the local education authority which is to maintain the school".

Order that school is to be voluntary controlled or voluntary aided
     9.  - (1) Where, in relation to proposals to which regulation 8 applies, an application was made to the Secretary of State under section 48 of the 1996 Act before 1st September 1999, but no order was made under that section before that date, the Secretary of State may by order direct-

(a) that the school shall be a voluntary controlled school, or

(b) that the school shall be a voluntary aided school.

    (2) Where an application was made for an order under section 48(1)(b) of the 1996 Act and the Secretary of State is satisfied that the governing body of the school will be able and willing, with the assistance of grants under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the 1998 Act, to defray the expenses that would fall to be borne by them by virtue of paragraph 3(1) or (2) of Schedule 3 to that Act as the governing body of a voluntary aided school, he shall make an order directing that the school shall be a voluntary aided school.

    (3) Where an application was made for an order under section 48(1)(b) of the 1996 Act and-

(a) the Secretary of State is not satisfied that the governing body will be able to defray those expenses without the assistance of both-


(i) grant under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the 1998 Act; and

(ii) a loan under paragraph 7 of that Schedule; and



(b) it appears to him that the area to be served by the school will not be also served by a community, foundation or voluntary controlled school,

he shall, before deciding whether to make such an order, consult such persons or bodies as appear to him to be representative of any religion or religious denomination which in his opinion, having regard to the circumstances of the area, is likely to be concerned.

Continued application of section 63 of the 1996 Act
     10. Where regulation 8 applies, section 63 of the 1996 Act shall continue to apply in relation to proposals of a description referred to in that section; and in relation to any period on or after 1st September 1999 references in that section to a voluntary school shall be construed as references to a voluntary school within the meaning of the 1998 Act and references to a grant-maintained school shall be construed as references to a foundation school within the meaning of the 1998 Act.

Implementation of approved proposals to establish a new school
     11.  - (1) Subject to paragraph (2) this regulation applies where-

(a) proposals published under section 35(1)(a) or (b), or 41(1) of the 1996 Act, have been approved under section 37 or 43 of that Act (either before 1st September 1999 or on or after that date under those provisions as they have effect by virtue of regulation 8(2));

(b) proposals such as are mentioned in section 339(1)(a) or (2)(a) have been approved under section 340(4) of the 1996 Act (either before 1st September 1996 or on or after that date under those provisions as they have effect by virtue of regulation 8(2)); or

(c) a local education authority have determined under section 38 of the 1996 Act to implement proposals published under section 35(1)(a) or (b) of the 1996 Act (either before 1st September 1999 or on or after that date under that provision as it has effect by virtue of regulation 8(2)),

but the proposals have not been implemented before 1st September 1999.

    (2) This regulation does not apply where the proposed school is one falling within regulation 6 of the 1999 Regulations.

    (3) Where this regulation applies-

(a) proposals which were approved under any of the provisions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) shall be treated for the purposes of the 1998 Act as if they were required to be, and were, approved under paragraph 3 or 8 of Schedule 6 to the 1998 Act; and

(b) where the local education authority have determined under section 38 of the 1996 Act to implement proposals they shall be treated for the purposes of the 1998 Act as having determined under paragraph 4 or 9 of Schedule 6 to the 1998 Act to implement the proposals;

and accordingly such proposals fall to be implemented under paragraph 5 or 10 of Schedule 6 to the 1998 Act (in accordance with regulation 12 but subject to regulations 13 and 19).

Implementation of proposals to establish a new school - further provisions
     12. Where regulation 11 applies-

(a) proposals published under section 35 of the 1996 Act shall be treated for the purposes of the 1998 Act as proposals published under section 28(1)(a) of that Act to establish a new community school, and accordingly the school, when open, (or, in a case of proposals published under section 35(1)(b) of the 1996 Act, when it is open as a school maintained by the local education authority) shall be a community school and treated as established as such under section 28 of that Act;

(b) proposals published under section 41(1) of the 1996 Act shall be treated for the purposes of the 1998 Act-


(i) in a case where the Secretary of State has (before 1st September 1999) made an order under section 48(1)(a) of the 1996 Act or (on or after that date) an order under regulation 9(1)(a), as proposals published under section 28(2)(a) of the 1998 Act to establish a new voluntary controlled school and accordingly the school, when open, (or, in the case of proposals published under section 42(1)(b) of the 1996 Act, when it is open as a school maintained by the local education authority) shall be a voluntary controlled school and treated as established as such under section 28 of that Act; and

(ii) where the Secretary of State has (before 1st September 1999) made an order under section 48(1)(b) of the 1996 Act or, (on or after that date) an order under regulation 9(1)(b), as proposals published under section 28(2)(a) of the 1998 Act to establish a new voluntary aided school, and accordingly the school, when open, (or, in the case of proposals published under section 42(1)(b) of the 1996 Act, when it is open as a school maintained by the local education authority) shall be a voluntary aided school and treated as established as such under section 28 of that Act;



(c) proposals such as are mentioned in section 339(1)(a) or (2)(a) of the 1996 Act shall be treated for the purpose of the 1998 Act as proposals published under section 31(1)(a) of that Act to establish a new community special school and accordingly the school, when open, shall be a community special school and treated as established as such under section 31 of that Act.

Temporary governing bodies
     13. Where regulation 8 applies and a temporary governing body has been established in pursuance of an arrangement made under section 96(3) or 97(2) of the 1996 Act in anticipation of approval of proposals or the determination that they should be implemented-

(a) that temporary governing body shall be treated for the purposes of the Education Acts as if they were a temporary governing body constituted in pursuance of arrangements made under section 44 of the 1998 Act; and

(b) the school shall be treated for the purposes of section 44 of the 1998 Act as falling within section 44(1) of that Act, so that the said section 44 (except any provision made by or under that section relating to the making and termination of arrangements for the constitution of temporary governing bodies, and the constitution of such bodies) shall apply.

Approval of proposals published before 1st September 1999 to make alterations to, or discontinue, a school
     14.  - (1) This regulation applies where before 1st September 1999-

(a) proposals have been published under section 35(1)(c) or (d), 41(2), 167(1), 259(1), 260(2) or 267(1) of the 1996 Act; or

(b) notice has been served under section 339(5) of the 1996 Act of proposals such as are mentioned in section 339(1)(b) or (c) or (3) of that Act,

but the proposals have not been determined before that date.

    (2) Where this regulation applies-

(a) sections 36 to 39 of the 1996 Act shall, where the proposals were published under section 35 of the 1996 Act, continue to apply in relation to the making of objections to such proposals, to the approval of such proposals, or determination that such proposals should be implemented, and to the approval of particulars of school premises;

(b) sections 42 to 44 of the 1996 Act shall, where the proposals were published under section 41(2) of the 1996 Act, continue to apply in relation to the making of objections to, and approval of, such proposals, and to the approval of school premises;

(c) sections 168 to 170 of the 1996 Act shall, where the proposals were published under section 167 of the 1996 Act, continue to apply in relation to the making of objections to, and the approval of such proposals or determination that such proposals should be implemented;

(d) sections 259(6) and (7), 261 and 262 (as modified by regulation 5) of the 1996 Act shall, where the proposals were published under section 259 of the 1996 Act, continue to apply in relation to the making of objections to, and approval of such proposals, and to the approval of school premises;

(e) section 262 of the 1996 Act (as modified by regulation 5) shall, where the proposals were published under section 260 of the 1996 Act, continue to apply, in relation to the approval of school premises;

(f) sections 267(7) and 269 of the 1996 Act shall, where proposals were published under section 267(1) of that Act, continue to apply in relation to the making of objections to, and approval of such proposals; and

(g) sections 340(2) to (4) and 341 of the 1996 Act shall, where proposals were published under section 339 of the 1996 Act continue to have effect in relation to the making of objections to, and approval of, such proposals, and to the approval of school premises.

[2] 1996 c. 56.back

[3] S.I. 1999/362.back