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In this Schedule “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c 31).

In section 84(6) of the 1998 Act (interpretation of Chapter 1 of Part 3), in the definition of “appeal panel”, for “under Schedule 24 or 25” there is substituted “in accordance with regulations under section 94(5) or 95(3)”.

(1)     Section 86 of the 1998 Act (parental preferences) is amended as follows.

(2)     . . .

(3)     After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A)     Arrangements made under subsection (1) may allow the parent of a child to express preferences for more than one school; but nothing in this section requires the admission authority for a maintained school for which a child's parent has expressed a preference to offer the child admission to the school if, in accordance with a scheme adopted or made by virtue of section 89B, the child is offered admission to a different school for which the parent has also expressed a preference.”.

(4)     In subsection (3)—

(5)