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Manner of publication of information

3.—(1) The local education authority shall publish the information referred to in regulation 2(a) by—

(a)providing a written copy of the information to any health authority or social services authority which in the opinion of the local education authority has an interest in that information by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority;

(b)making the information available on any website which the authority may maintain on the Internet;

(c)providing a written copy of the information to the maintained schools in the authority’s area by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority; and

(d)providing a written copy of the information to any person on request by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority.

(2) The information about the matters set out in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be published on or before 30th April 2002.

(3) The information about the matters set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be published on or before 31st July 2002.

(4) Any information to be published pursuant to regulation 2(c) shall be published by the local education authority as soon as reasonably practicable after a revision has been made, by—

(a)providing the revised information to a health authority or social services authority previously provided with information by the local education authority pursuant to regulation 3(1)(a) by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority;

(b)updating any website maintained by the authority on the Internet to display the revised information;

(c)notifying the maintained schools in the authority’s area of the revisions by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority; and

(d)providing the revised information to any person on request by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority.

(5) Information published in accordance with this regulation shall be published free of charge.