The Education (Maintained Special Schools) (England) Regulations 1999

Other bodies to whom proposals should be sent

7.—(1) This regulation prescribes, for the purposes of section 31(7) the bodies or persons to whom the relevant body shall also send a copy of any proposals to which section 31(5) applies.

(2) The bodies or persons referred to in paragraph (1) are–

(a) the Further Education Funding Council for England, if the proposals affect the provision of education to which section 2(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992(1) applies;

(b) where the proposals are published by the governing body of a foundation special school, the local education authority which maintains the school;

(c) where the proposals are to make a prescribed alteration to, or discontinue, a school, each local education authority who maintain a statement of special educational needs under Part IV of the Education Act 1996(2) in respect of a registered pupil at the school;

(d) where the proposals are for the establishment of a new school–

(i) each local education authority whose area adjoins that of the authority who it is proposed should maintain the school, and

(ii) where it is intended that the school should be situated in the area of a local education authority other than the authority whom it is proposed should maintain the school, the local education authority in whose area the school is proposed to be situated and any local education authority not falling within paragraph (i) of this sub-paragraph whose area adjoins the area of that local education authority;

(e) where the proposals are for the transfer of a school to a new site in a different area–

(i) the local education authority in whose area the proposed new site is to be situated, and

(ii) each local education authority whose area adjoins the area in which the proposed new site is to be situated;

(f) where the proposals are to make a prescribed alteration to or to discontinue a school, the registered parents of every registered pupil at the school;

(g) any Local Health Authority which acts for any area which includes any part of the area of the local education authority who maintain or who it is proposed should maintain the school; and

(h) any National Health Service Trust who have responsibility for the ownership or management of any hospital or other establishment or facilities in the area of the local education authority who maintain or who it is proposed should maintain the school.

(1)

1992 c. 13.

(2)

1996 c. 56.