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SCHEDULE 2PROVISIONS OF SECTION 28 OF, AND PART II OF SCHEDULE 6 TO THE ACT APPLIED BY SCHEDULE 1 AS MODIFIED

Part II of Schedule 6

6.  This Part of this Schedule applies to proposals published under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 which relate to a school in Wales.

7.—(1) Any person may make objections to any proposals published under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8.

(3) Any objections under this paragraph shall be sent to the National Assembly for Wales —

(a)within two months after the date of publication of the proposals, except where paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph applies; and

(b)within one month after the date of publication of the proposals, where the school is one to which section 15 applies.

8.—(1) Proposals published under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 require approval under this paragraph.

(2) Where any proposals require approval under this paragraph, the National Assembly for Wales may —

(a)reject the proposals,

(b)approve them without modification, or

(c)approve them with such modifications as it thinks desirable after consulting the local education authority and the governing body.

(3) Any approval given under this paragraph may be expressed to take effect only if a scheme relating to any charity connected with the school is made by a date specified in the approval.

(4) When deciding whether or not to give any approval under this paragraph the National Assembly for Wales shall have regard to the school organisation plan for the area in which the school is situated.

(5) Proposals published under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 may only be withdrawn with the consent of the National Assembly for Wales.

10.—(1) Where any proposals published under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 have been approved under paragraph 8 then (subject to the following provisions of this paragraph) the proposals shall be implemented in the form in which they were so approved in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 8.

(2) At the request of the governing body or the local education authority, the National Assembly for Wales.

(a)may modify the proposals after consulting the governing body and the local education authority; and

(b)where any approval under paragraph 8 was given in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph, may specify a later date by which the scheme in question must be made.