Call-in by the Scottish Ministers

I117Grounds for call-in etc.

1

The Scottish Ministers may issue a call-in notice only if subsection (2) applies.

2

This subsection applies where it appears to the Scottish Ministers that the education authority may have failed—

a

in a significant regard to comply with the requirements imposed on it by (or under) this Act so far as they are relevant in relation to the closure proposal, or

b

to take proper account of a material consideration relevant to its decision to implement the proposal.

3

The education authority must provide the Scottish Ministers with such information in connection with a closure proposal as they may reasonably require of it for the purposes of their consideration of—

a

whether to issue a call-in notice, or

b

the matter of consent (including conditions) under section 16(2).

4

In this Act, a “call-in notice” is one issuable by the Scottish Ministers under section 15(3).