Process for all schools
6Notice and consultation period
1
The education authority must give the relevant consultees notice—
a
of the relevant proposal, or
b
where only part of the proposal affects a particular consultee (or category of consultee), of that part of the proposal.
2
The notice must—
a
give a summary of the proposal (or part),
b
give information about—
i
where a copy of the proposal paper may be obtained, and
ii
how to make written representations on the proposal (including to whom such representations should be submitted).
3
The notice must also—
a
state the date of the last day of the consultation period for the proposal,
b
advise that this is the period within which written representations must be received by the authority for them to be taken into account, and
c
if known (at the time of giving the notice), state the date, time and place of the public meeting on the proposal.
4
In this Act, the “consultation period” is a period (fixed by the education authority) of at least 6 weeks that—
a
starts on the day (or last day) on which the notice required by subsection (1) is given,
b
runs continuously, and
c
includes at least 30 school days of any affected school.
5
In subsection (4), a “school day”—
a
in relation to a particular school is a day on which the school is ordinarily open to its pupils for the purpose of their school education, or
b
in the case of a further education centre to which paragraph 10 of schedule 1 refers, is a day on which the centre is ordinarily open to its students for the purpose of their further education.