[F117AReferral to the Convener of the School Closure Review PanelsS
(1)This section applies where a call-in notice is issued as respects a closure proposal.
(2)The Scottish Ministers must refer the proposal to the Convener of the School Closure Review Panels.
(3)The Convener must, within the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the call-in notice is issued, constitute a School Closure Review Panel to review the proposal under section 17B(1).
(4)The education authority may not implement the proposal (wholly or partly)—
(a)unless the Panel grants its consent to it under section 17C(1), and
(b)until—
(i)the period mentioned in section 17D(2)(c) has expired without any appeal to the sheriff being made, or
(ii)where such an appeal is made, it is abandoned or the sheriff confirms the Panel's decision.
(5)Schedule 2A makes further provision about the Convener and School Closure Review Panels.
(6)In this Act—
(a)“the Convener” is the Convener of the School Closure Review Panels,
(b)a “School Closure Review Panel” is a School Closure Review Panel constituted under subsection (3).]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 17A-17D inserted (1.8.2014 for the purposes of commencing s. 17B(3) and so far as necessary to enable Scottish Ministers to make regulations under s. 17B(5); 6.10.2014 for the purpose of bringing into force s. 17A(6) for specified purposes; 9.1.2015 for the purpose of bringing into force s. 17A(6) in so far as not already in force, and 30.3.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8), ss. 81(4), 102(3); S.S.I. 2014/165, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 6); S.S.I. 2014/251, art. 2(a); S.S.I. 2014/365, art. 2(a); S.S.I. 2015/104, art. 2