Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1258
Education, England
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( 1 ):
Citation, commencement and application
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.
Amendment of Regulations
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
1998 c.31 ; see section 142(1) for the definition of “regulations”.