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The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) Regulations 2013

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Publication and submission of discontinuance proposals

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12.—(1) In respect of proposals under section 15(1) or (2), the local authority or the governing body (as the case may be) must publish—

(a)the proposals on a website; and

(b)a notification of the proposals (including the address of the website where the proposals are published) in a local newspaper.

(2) Any publication under paragraph (1)(a) must contain a statement detailing—

(a)how copies of the proposals may be obtained;

(b)that any person may object to or comment on the proposals and the address of the local authority to which any objections or comments should be sent; and

(c)the date (in accordance with regulation 13) by which such objections or comments must be sent.

(3) On the date of publication under paragraph (1)(a), the governing body must submit to the local authority that maintains the school a copy of their published proposals.

(4) The local authority must on the date of publication under paragraph (1)(a) submit to the governing body of the school a copy of their published proposals.

(5) Within one week of the date of publication the local authority or governing body (as the case may be) must send a copy of the proposals together with the statement published under paragraphs (1) and (2) to—

(a)the Secretary of State;

(b)the Diocesan Board of Education for any diocese of the Church of England any part of which is comprised in the area of the local authority;

(c)the bishop of a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church any part of which is comprised in the area of the local authority;

(d)where the school is a special school, the parents of every registered pupil at the school; and

(e)any other body or person that the local authority or the governing body (as the case may be) think appropriate.

(6) Within one week of receiving a request for a copy of the proposals the local authority or the governing body (as the case may be) must send a copy to the person requesting it.

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