12.—(1) Where the authority determine only one date for the purposes of regulation 11(1) that must be a date which falls—
(a)before 1st April 2002; and
(b)in the school year in which 1st April 2002 falls.
(2) Where the authority determine more than one date for the purposes of regulation 11(1) then—
(a)one of those dates must satisfy paragraph (1) above;
(b)of the other date or dates—
(i)no date may be earlier than the beginning of the school year in which 1st April 2002 falls;
(ii)the authority may determine a date or dates which are in the future and estimate the number of registered pupils at the school on that date or those dates.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) (restrictions on choice of dates for the purposes of regulation 11(1)) shall not apply in relation to pupils in nursery or reception classes whom the authority take into account under regulation 11(1) (pupils in nursery classes not occupying places which the authority recognise as reserved for such pupils or any pupils in reception classes).