Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (asp 6)

SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS OF 1988 ACT CONSEQUENTIAL ON RESTRICTING BY-ELECTIONS FOR PARENT MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS

4 In section 2B (co-option), for subsections (3) and (4) substitute—

“(3) Where a vacancy for a parent member of a Board arises and—

(a) no by-election falls to be held, then the Board may, in accordance with this Act, co-opt, within three months after it does so arise;

(b) a by-election falls to be held but on its being held no parent member is elected, the Board may, in accordance with this Act, co-opt, within three months after the by-election,

from among the parents of pupils in attendance at the school another person in his place; and a person so co-opted shall be a parent member of the Board and not a co-opted member within the meaning given in section 2(1)(c) of this Act.”.