EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972

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EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 8



8.(1) A board shall make provision by means of a committee (in this Order
referred to as "a school management committee") to be appointed by the board
for the management of each

(a)controlled primary school other than a nursery school;

(b)controlled intermediate school other than a technical intermediate school;

(c)controlled nursery school;

(d)controlled grammar school;

(e)controlled special school;

(2) The membership, procedure and functions of a school management committee
of a controlled school or controlled schools shall, subject to the provisions
of Schedule 4 [or, in the case of a controlled integrated school, Schedule 4A]
as to membership and to the other provisions of this Order, be such as may be
provided by a scheme prepared by the board and approved by the Ministry and
such a scheme may provide for the carrying out by the committee in relation to
the school or schools under its management of specified functions on behalf
of, and in the name of, the board.

[(2A) Members of a school management committee of a new controlled school
appointed in accordance with provisions required to be included in a scheme by
paragraphs 2(a) and (c), 3(a) and (c) or 4(a) and (c) of Schedule 4, [or by
paragraph 2(b), (c) and (d) of Schedule 4A] may exercise the functions of that
committee until members are appointed in accordance with provisions required
to be included in that scheme by paragraphs 2(b), 3(b) or 4(b) of Schedule 4
[or, as the case may be, paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 4A]].

(3) Any question as to the right of any person to be represented on, or to
nominate a member of, a school management committee shall be decided by the
Ministry, whose decision shall be final.

(4) A school management committee shall, when carrying out specified functions
on behalf of and in the name of the board, be regarded as a committee of the
board but shall not be so regarded for any other purpose and the functions of
a school management committee in relation to the appointment of teachers under
Schedule 10 or the appointment of other staff under Article 77 shall not be
regarded as being carried out on behalf of, or in the name of, the board.

(5) Where only one controlled school is under the management of a school
management committee, the principal of the school shall be entitled to attend
and take part in meetings of the committee but not to vote on any question
and, where there are two or more schools under the management of a committee,
the principal of each school shall be entitled to attend and take part in
meetings of the committee when a matter relating to the school of which he is
principal, whether alone or together with any other school or schools under
the management of the committee, is under consideration but not to vote on any
question.

Paras.(6)(7) rep. by 1978 NI 10 art.18(2) sch.2

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EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 8