17.—(1) Where regulation 19(4) of the Transition Regulations applies, the reference in regulation 11 to the school organisation committee or, as the case may be, the adjudicator shall be have affect as a reference to the Secretary of State.
(2) Where Chapter II of Part II of the Act has effect in relation to any proposals with the modifications specified in the Schedule to the Transition Regulations, then in relation to those proposals–
(a)references in regulation 6 and regulation 7 to the school organisation committee shall have effect as references to the Secretary of State;
(b)regulation 6(1)(b), the words “and (where the proposals were published pursuant to an order under paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 7) to the Secretary of State” in regulation 6(2) and regulations 10 and 14 shall not have effect;
(c)references in regulations 8 and 11 to the school organisation committee or, as the case may be, the adjudicator shall have effect as references to the Secretary of State; and
(d)the reference, in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, to paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 or, as the case may be, paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 shall have effect as a reference to those paragraphs with the modifications so specified and accordingly the reference in paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 2 to the school organisation committee shall have effect as a reference to the Secretary of State.
(3) Where paragraph 5(5) of Schedule 23 has effect subject to the modifications specified in paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to these Regulations the reference, in paragraph 26 of Schedule 2 to these regulations, to paragraph 5(5) of Schedule 23 shall have effect as a reference to that paragraph subject to the modifications so specified.
(4) Where in relation to any school paragraph 6(10) of Schedule 23 has effect with the modifications specified in regulation 9 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Admissions and Standard Numbers) (Modifications) Regulations 1999(1)–
(a)references in regulation 16(1) to (5) to the school organisation committee or, as the case may be, the adjudicator shall be treated as references to the Secretary of State; and
(b)regulation 16(6) to (8) shall not have effect.
S.I. 1999/1064.