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EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 11

11.(1) In this Article, a development scheme means a scheme prepared by a
board or, prior to the coming into operation of this Article, by a former
local education authority for the purpose of estimating the immediate and
prospective needs of its area having regard to the functions relating to
primary and secondary education conferred in the case of a board by this Order
and in the case of a former local education authority by the enactments
repealed by this Order.

(2) Where a development scheme prepared by a former local education authority
and approved by the Ministry relates to the area or part of the area of a
board, the board shall adopt that scheme or that part of the scheme which
relates to its area or part of its area and shall, subject to any revised
scheme or amendment prepared and approved under the following provisions of
this Article, execute, or continue the execution of, such provisions of that
scheme or the relevant part of that scheme as have not been executed or
completely executed at the date of the coming into operation of this Article.

(3) A board may at any time and shall, if so directed by the Ministry, prepare
and submit to the Ministry for its approval a revised scheme, or an amendment
of an existing scheme, in such form and containing such particulars as may be
required by the Ministry.

(4) A board shall, before submitting a revised scheme or an amendment of an
existing scheme to the Ministry, consult the managers, or persons representing
the managers, of all schools other than controlled schools whether within or
outside the area of the board which would in the opinion of the board be
affected by the execution of the scheme or amendment.

(5) After submitting a revised development scheme or an amendment of an
existing scheme to the Ministry, a board shall

(a)forthwith furnish to the managers of every school within or outside the
area of the board which would in the opinion of the board be affected by the
execution of the scheme or the amendment, such particulars of the scheme or
the amendment as are sufficient to show the manner in which the school would
be so affected;

(b)forthwith publish by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in
its area a notice stating that the development scheme or amendment has been
submitted to the Ministry, that a copy of the scheme or amendment can be
inspected at a specified place and that objections to the scheme or amendment
can be made to the Ministry within two months of the date specified in the
advertisement, being the date on which the advertisement first appears;

(c)furnish to any person, on application, a copy of the development scheme or
amendment on payment of such reasonable sum as the board may determine.

(6) The notice published under paragraph (5)(b) shall, unless the Ministry
otherwise directs, contain the names of the schools affected by the scheme or
the amendment.

(7) The Ministry, after considering any objections to a development scheme or
amendment made to it within the time specified in the notice under paragraph
(5)(b), may, after making such modification, if any, in the scheme or
amendment as, after consultation with the board, it considers necessary or
expedient for the purpose of securing that the scheme or amendment makes
proper provision for the immediate and prospective needs of the area with
respect to primary and secondary education, approve the scheme or the
amendment and shall inform the board accordingly.

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