22.—(1) During any period when the procedure for becoming a school of another category is pending in relation to a school, a local authority shall not, in relation to any land of the authority used or held for the purposes of the school, take without the consent of the National Assembly any action by which the land ceases to any extent to be so used or held.
(2) If in the case of any school—
(a)proposals that a school become a school of another category are approved, and
(b)a local authority have, in relation to any land, taken any action in contravention of sub-paragraph (1),
the provisions relating to the transfer of property shall have effect as if, immediately before the implementation date in relation to the change of category, the property were used or held by the authority for the purposes for which it was used or held when the procedure for becoming a school of another category was initiated.
(3) In this paragraph—
(a)“the provisions relating to the transfer of property” means this Schedule and section 198 of, and Schedule 10 to, the Education Reform Act 1988, and
(b)the references to taking action include appropriating property for any purpose.