105 Procedure for deciding whether grammar schools should retain selective admission arrangements
School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (1998 c 31) | Legislation

105  Procedure for deciding whether grammar schools should retain selective admission arrangements

(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for ballots of parents to be held, at their request, for determining whether the grammar schools to which such ballots relate should retain selective admission arrangements.

(2)     Ballot regulations may provide for a ballot under this section to relate—

(a)     to all grammar schools within the area of a prescribed [local authority] or within such other area as may be prescribed,

(b)     to a prescribed group of grammar schools, or

(c)     to any grammar school not falling within paragraph (a) or (b).

(3)     Ballot regulations may make provision—

(a)     requiring a request for a ballot under this section to be made by means of a petition signed by parents eligible to request the ballot;

(b)     prescribing the form of any such petition and other requirements (whether as to the procedure to be followed or otherwise) which are to be complied with in relation to any such petition;

(c)     prescribing the body (“the designated body”) to which any such petition is to

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