Public Schools Act 1869

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1869 c. 58
Year1869


Public Schools Act, 1869

(32 & 33 Vict.) CHAP. 58.

An Act for amending the Public Schools Act, 1868.

[9th August 1869]

Whereas by the Public Schools Act, 1868, power is given to the governing bodies and commissioners therein mentioned in the case of Westminster to establish a governing body for the school, including boys whether on the foundation or not, either wholly or partially distinct from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster:

And whereas doubts are entertained whether in the case of the schools to which the said Act applies, other than the School of Westminster, the said governing bodies and commissioners have power to establish a governing body for such schools respectively distinct from the existing governing bodies of the said schools:

And whereas it is expedient to remove such doubts:

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

S-1 Power in case of all schools within the Public Schools Act, 1868, to constitute a distinct governing body for the school.

1 Power in case of all schools within the Public Schools Act, 1868, to constitute a distinct governing body for the school.

1. It is hereby declared that the power given by the said Public Schools Act to the said governing bodies and commissioners in the case of Westminster School shall be deemed to have extended and to extend to all the schools to which the said Act applies, and the fifth section of the said Act as from the date of the passing thereof shall be construed as if instead of the words ‘with power in the case of Westminster to establish a governing body for the school, including boys whether on the foundation or not, either wholly or partially distinct from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster,’ there had been inserted the words ‘with power in the case of every school to which this Act applies to establish a governing body for the school, including boys whether on the foundation or not, either wholly or partially distinct from the existing governing body of such school, and all statutes made or to be made in relation to the constitution of the governing body of each of the said schools, shall be valid accordingly.’

S-2 Governing bodies to be bodies corporate.

2 Governing bodies to be bodies corporate.

2. Any governing body established for any of the schools to which the said Act applies shall, as in the...

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