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(1):
1.–(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.
2. The School Admissions (Alteration and Variation of, and Objections to, Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2007(2) are amended as follows.
3. 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.".
Jim Knight
Minister of State
Department for Children, Schools and Families
6th May 2008
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
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.