3.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to a decision made by the Scottish Ministers under section 16(2)(a) of the 2010 Act (refusal to consent to the proposal) on or after 1st August 2014 and before the date on which section 81(2) of the 2014 Act (repeal of section 16 of the 2010 Act) comes into force.
(2) Section 2A (restriction on closure proposals) of the 2010 Act(1), is to be read as if—
(a)in subsection (2)(a), for sub-paragraph (ii) there was substituted—
“(ii)a decision of the Scottish Ministers in relation to the proposal under section 16(2)(a),”; and
(b)in subsection (2), for paragraph (b), there was substituted—
“(b)such a decision is made by the Scottish Ministers on the day on which the Scottish Ministers inform the education authority of the decision.”.
Section 2A is inserted by section 77 of the 2014 Act.