(1)This section applies to proposals which have been adopted by the Welsh Ministers under section 73.
(2)The proposals must (subject to the following provisions of this section) be implemented in the form in which they were adopted.
(3)At the request of a specified body, the Welsh Ministers—
(a)may modify proposals adopted under section 73 after consulting the specified bodies, and
(b)where the adoption of proposals was expressed to take effect subject to the occurrence of a specified event, may specify a later date by which that event must occur.
(4)The Welsh Ministers may determine that subsection (2) does not apply to the proposals if they are satisfied, after consulting the specified bodies—
(a)that implementation of the proposals would be unreasonably difficult, or
(b)that circumstances have so altered since the proposals were adopted that implementation of the proposals would be inappropriate.
(5)Each of the following is a “specified body” for the purposes of subsections (3) and (4)—
(a)the governing body of the school to which the proposals relate;
(b)in the case of a proposal to establish a new school, the temporary governing body constituted in accordance with arrangements made under section 34 of the Education Act 2002;
(c)the local authority that maintains, or that it is proposed will maintain, the school to which the proposals relate;
(d)where the school to which the proposals relate is a community special school each local authority which maintains a statement of special educational needs under Part 4 of the Education Act 1996 in respect of a registered pupil at the school.