School Boards (Scotland) Regulations 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/273 |
1989No. 273
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND
The School Boards (Scotland) Regulations 1989
25thFebruary1989
9thMarch1989
1stApril1989
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(3), 6(9), 22(2) and 23(2) of the School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988 ( a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the School Boards (Scotland) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations "the Act" means the School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988.
Prescribed date for first elections for School Boards
3. In relation to schools in existence at the commencement of section 1 of the Act (except where a decision has been taken, in accordance with section 20(1) of the Act, not to have a School Board), an education authority shall hold the first elections of parents and staff members to School Boards under section 2 of the Act by 31st October 1989.
Composition of School Boards
4. -(1) In relation to a school which has staff (as defined in section 2(13) of the Act) the numbers of parent, staff and co-opted members of the School Board shall be those specified, by reference to the number of pupils in attendance at the school, in the Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of the said Schedule, the number of pupils in attendance at the school shall be determined-
(a) in relation to the establishment of a School Board upon the first elections held under the Act, for a school in existence at the date of commencement of section 1 of the Act, at 31st August 1989;(b) in relation to the establishment of a School Board upon the first elections held for that Board, for a school (including a combined school) which comes into existence after the commencement of section 1 of the Act-(i) where pupils first attend the school on or before 1st August 1989, at 31st August 1989;(ii) in any other case at a date 30 days after the date when pupils first attend the school;(c) in relation to the establishment of a School Board in any other circumstances, at the 31st August preceding such establishment;(d) for the purpose of determining whether the composition of a School Board should be altered, at the 31st August preceding each biennial election of parent members of the Board.(a) 1988 c. 47.
(3) In relation to a school which has no staff (as defined in section 2(13) of the Act) the number of parent members of the School Board shall be 3 and the number of co-opted members of that Board shall be 2.
Adjustment of composition of School Board
5.-(1) Where at any time after a School Board is established-
(a) the number of pupils in attendance at the school, determined at 31st August preceding a biennial election of parent members of the Board, has altered; or(b) the number of staff (as defined in section 2(13) of the Act) of the school has altered;so as to require a change in the composition of the Board prescribed by regulation 4 above, the education authority shall be obliged to make arrangements to adjust the composition of the Board accordingly.
(2) Such arrangements shall be made in accordance with regulations 6 and 7 below, and shall be completed not later than 3 months after the first biennial election of parent members of the School Board which is held after the obligation to make the arrangements arose.
Increase in numbers of any category of member
6.-(1) Where the number of parent, staff, or co-opted members of the School Board requires to be increased, or staff members are required where...
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