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Responsibility for initial admission arrangements

3.—(1) The initial admission arrangements for a new school which is to be a community or voluntary controlled school shall be made by —

(a)the local education authority, or

(b)the temporary governing body where, with the agreement of that body, the authority have delegated to them responsibility for determining those arrangements.

(2) The initial admission arrangements for a new school which is to be a foundation or voluntary aided school shall be made by —

(a)the temporary governing body, or

(b)the promoters where —

(i)that body is not yet constituted, and

(ii)the promoters consider it expedient for the admission arrangements to be determined without delay.