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).