The Education (Publication of Proposals for Reduction in Standard Number) Regulations 1988

Made: 24th August 1988

Laid before Parliament: 8th September 1988

Coming into force: 1st October 1988

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 28(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988[^f00001]the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:—

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Publication of Proposals for Reduction in Standard Number) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988.

2

Any proposals which are required to be published by section 28(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988 in its application to secondary schools (proposals for reducing any standard number applying to such a school under section 27 of that Act) shall be published—

• (a) in at least one newspaper circulating in the area served by the school to which the proposals relate;

• (b) by being posted in at least one conspicuous place within that area; and

• (c) by being posted at or near any main entrance to the school concerned.

Signed

Kenneth Baker — Secretary of State for Education and Science — 19th August 1988

Peter Walker — Secretary of State for Wales — 24th August 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the manner in which proposals by a local education authority or the governing body of a county or voluntary secondary school for a reduction in any standard number applying to the school under section 27 of the Education Reform Act 1988 are to be published before application is made to the Secretary of State for an order bringing about such a reduction.

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