SCHEDULE 1GOVERNING BODIES CONSISTING OF INTERIM EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

Closure of school

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1

At any time during the interim period, the interim executive board may, if it thinks fit, make a report to the local authority and the Welsh Ministers recommending that the school be discontinued, and stating the reasons for that recommendation.

2

The interim executive board may not—

a

publish under section 43 proposals to discontinue the school, or

b

serve notice under section 80.

3

Sub-paragraph (4) applies if during the interim period—

a

the Welsh Ministers give a direction under section 16 or 81 in relation to the school, or

b

the local authority determine to discontinue the school.

4

The interim period is to continue until the discontinuance date, even where it would otherwise end before that date.

5

In this paragraph “the discontinuance date” means one of the following (as the case may be)—

a

the date on which proposals for discontinuing the school are implemented under Part 1 of Schedule 3;

b

the date on which the school is discontinued under section 80;

c

the date specified in the direction under section 16 or 81(1).