PART 3SCHOOL ORGANISATION
CHAPTER 5PROPOSALS FOR RESTRUCTURING SIXTH FORM EDUCATION
Making and determining proposals
71Welsh Ministers’ powers to restructure sixth form education
1
The Welsh Ministers may make proposals under this section for—
a
the establishment by a local authority of one or more new community or community special schools to provide secondary education suitable to the requirements of sixth formers (and no other secondary education);
b
an alteration described in paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to one or more maintained schools;
c
the discontinuance of one or more maintained schools which provide secondary education suitable to the requirements of sixth formers (and no other secondary education).
2
A “sixth former” is a person who is above compulsory school age but below the age of 19.