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Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
3rd December 1998
Laid before Parliament
11th December 1998
Coming into force
1st January 1999
Whereas an application for the purpose of establishing an education action zone has been made to the Secretary of State with the consent of the governing body of every school listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 10(1), 11 and 138(7) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the East Basildon Education Action Zone Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
2. In this Order-�
"partners" means those persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Order; and
"zone school" means a school listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.
3. The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the East Basildon Education Action Zone ("the zone") for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
4. There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone to be known as the East Basildon Education Action Forum, the membership of which shall include-�
(a)one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body chooses not to make such an appointment;
(b)either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State; and
(c)one person appointed by each partner unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment.
5. The Forum may at any time appoint-�
(a)one additional member from persons appearing to them to represent the Health Service purchasers and providers;
(b)one additional member from persons appearing to them to represent the social services department of Essex County Council;
(c)one additional member from persons appearing to them to represent the local voluntary sector;
(d)one additional member from persons appearing to them to represent Essex Police;
(e)one additional member from persons appearing to them to represent large local businesses;
(f)one additional member from persons appearing to them to represent small local businesses;
(g)one additional member from persons appearing to them to represent the teachers in the zone schools; and
(h)one additional member from persons appearing to them to represent the parents of the children in the zone schools.
6. Articles 7 to 9 shall have effect for the purpose of prescribing the circumstances and cases in which a person is to be disqualified for holding, or continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum.
7.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; and a member, on becoming so disqualified, shall give written notice of the fact to the secretary to the Forum.
(2) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease-�
(a)unless the bankruptcy order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and
(b)if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.
(3) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of three years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.
8.-(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if-�
(a)within five years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect or since his appointment, he has been convicted, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine;
(b)within twenty years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, he has been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of more than two and a half years; or
(c)he has at any time been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five years.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation there shall be disregarded any conviction by or before a court outside the United Kingdom of an offence in respect of conduct which, if it had taken place in any part of the United Kingdom, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of the United Kingdom.
9. Any member of the Forum who, without the consent of the Forum has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of a meeting shall, on the expiry of that period, be disqualified for continuing to be a member of the Forum without prejudice however, to his re-appointment.
10. The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act, shall hold office for one year from the date of his election (unless he resigns his office earlier), without prejudice to his eligibility to be re-elected for a further period of one year.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
3rd December 1998
Article 2
The following persons are "partners" for the purposes of appointing additional members of the Forum:
Basildon District Council
Essex County Council
RM plc
Article 3
Northlands Infant and Nursery School
Northlands Junior School
Fairhouse County Infant School
Fairhouse County Junior School
Eversley County Primary School
Greensted County Infant School
Greensted County Junior School
Ghyllgrove County Infant School
Ghyllgrove County Junior School
Briscoe County Infant and Nursery School
Briscoe County Junior School
Vange County Primary School
Ryedene County Primary School
Pitsea County Infant School
Pitsea County Junior School
Bardfield County Infant and Nursery School
Bardfield County Junior School
Whitmore County Infant and Nursery School
Whitmore County Junior School
St Margaret's C of E Primary School
Swan Mead County Infant School
Swan Mead County Junior School
Manor County Infant School
Manor County Junior School
St Teresa's RC Primary School
Barstable School
Chalvedon School and Sixth Form College
Moat House School
Elmbrook School
Felmore County Infant School
Felmore County Junior School
Fairview School
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the East Basildon Education Action Zone, which comprises the schools listed in the Schedule. The Order also provides (in articles 4 and 5) for the membership of the Education Action Forum for the Zone.
