The School Admissions (Alteration and Variation of, and Objections to, Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Made: 6th May 2008

Laid before Parliament: 6th May 2008

Coming into force: 28th May 2008

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, after consulting the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 90(9)(a) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998[^f00001]:

Citation, commencement and application

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as The School Admissions (Alteration and Variation of, and Objections to, Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 28th May 2008.

• (2) These Regulations apply only in relation to England.

Amendment of Regulations

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The School Admissions (Alteration and Variation of, and Objections to, Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2007² are amended as follows.

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For regulation 7 (Time within which objection must be referred) is substituted —

(7) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) an objection may not be referred under section 90(1) or section 90(2) unless it is received by the adjudicator on or before 31st July in the calendar year in which the relevant admission arrangements have been determined. (2) An objection which is received after the date specified in paragraph (1) is to be regarded as properly referred if it was not reasonably practicable for the objection to have been received earlier than the time it was received.

Signed

Jim Knight — Minister of State — Department for Children, Schools and Families — 6th May 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations are made under section 90(9)(a) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (SSFA) and come into force on 28th May 2008.

They make one amendment to the School Admissions (Alteration and Variation of, and Objections to, Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2007 by substituting a new time limit for objections to schools’ admission arrangements to be referred to the adjudicator under section 90(1) or (2) of the SSFA.

New regulation 7 requires that any objection must be referred by 31st July in the calendar year in which the relevant admission arrangements have been determined. A later objection will be considered properly referred if it was not reasonably practicable for the objection to have been received earlier than the time it was received.

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