Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (Primary Schools) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 16 ^th July 2004.

Amendment of Regulations

2.The Education (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (Primary Schools) (England) Regulations 2002( 2 ) are further amended as follows.

3. For regulation 3(3)(b) substitute—

“ (b) an imposed scheme has been made or has effect in relation to the preceding academic year and has not been revoked, and the authority, after reviewing the scheme, consider that the scheme should be adopted by themselves and each governing body who are the admission authority for a primary school in their area in relation to the academic year immediately following. ” .

4. In regulation 5 after the words “qualifying scheme,” insert the words “or where the authority adopt a scheme pursuant to regulation 3(3),”.

5. For regulation 6(1) substitute—

“ (1) In any case where by 15 ^th April in the relevant determination year an authority have not informed the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 5 that a scheme has been adopted in relation to each primary school in their area—

(a) an imposed scheme may be made or,

(b) where an imposed scheme has been made or has effect in relation to the preceding academic year and has not been revoked, the Secretary of State may notify the authority that that scheme shall continue to have effect in relation to the academic year immediately following. ” .

6. Paragraph 4 of the Schedule is omitted.