The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

Amendments to the 1986 Order N.I.

Determination of travelling and subsistence allowances N.I.

29.—(1) In Article 79 of the 1986 Order in paragraph (1) (travelling and subsistence payments to members of boards and others to be on such conditions and at such rates as the Department may determine) the words “ , on such conditions and at such rates as the Department may determine, ” shall be omitted.

(2) After that paragraph there shall be inserted—

“(1A) Payments under paragraph (1) shall be made at such rates and on such conditions as may be—

(a) determined by the board; and

(b) approved by the Department.” .

(3) In Article 80 of the 1986 Order (payments in respect of official visits to be at rates determined by the Department) for the words from the beginning to “travelling” there shall be substituted—

“(1) A board may—

(a) defray any travelling” .

(4) At the end of that Article there shall be added—

“(2) Payments under paragraph (1)(a) shall be made at such rates and on such conditions as may be—

(a) determined by the board, after consultation with the Staff Commission; and

(b) approved by the Department.” .

(5) In Article 92(2)(b) of the 1986 Order (payments in respect of attendance at conferences to be at such rates as the Department may determine) the words “ at such rates as the Department may determine, ” shall be omitted.

(6) At the end of that Article there shall be added—

“(3) Payments under paragraph (2)(b) shall be made at such rates and on such conditions as may be—

(a) determined by the board, after consultation with the Staff Commission; and

(b) approved by the Department.” .

Officers of boards N.I.

30.  For Article 83 of the 1986 Order (officers of boards) there shall be substituted—

“Officers of boards

83.— (1) A board shall appoint a fit person to be—

(a) the chief executive of the board who shall also be the chief education officer of the board and act as secretary to the board; and

(b) the chief librarian of the board who shall also act as secretary to the library committee of the board.

(2) In connection with making an appointment to any post under paragraph (1), a board shall consult the Staff Commission as to—

(a) the qualifications and previous experience to be required of candidates for appointment;

(b) the arrangements for advertising the post; and

(c) the terms and conditions on which the appointment is to be made.

(3) A board shall not appoint—

(a) a person as chief executive unless the Department approves the appointment;

(b) a person as chief librarian unless the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure approves the appointment.

(4) In order to obtain such approval, the board shall send to the department concerned the names, qualifications and previous experience of those applicants considered by the board to be suitable for appointment, indicating the name of the person whom the board proposes to appoint.

(5) Where a board makes an appointment under paragraph (1) it shall notify each of the funding departments of—

(a) the name of the person appointed; and

(b) the date on which the appointment is to take effect.

(6) The Department may direct that the terms and conditions relating to remuneration of —

(a) chief executives and chief librarians of boards; and

(b) other officers of boards of such class or description as may be specified in the direction,

shall not be fixed or altered without the approval of the Department.

(7) Before granting its approval under paragraph (6), the Department shall consult the Staff Commission.

(8) Two or more boards may arrange for the appointment of the same person to be an officer of both or all those boards; but the boards concerned shall notify each of the funding departments of any such arrangement.”.

Principals on teaching appointments committee N.I.

31.—(1) Part I of Schedule 3 to the 1986 Order (teaching appointments committees) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1(a) (committee to include two principals of controlled schools under the management of the board) the words “under the management of the board” shall be omitted.

(3) In paragraph 2(1) for head (b) (selection of principals to attend committee from panel appointed under head (a)) there shall be substituted—

“(b) subject to head (c), two principals from that panel shall be appointed by the board to attend each meeting of the teaching appointments committee;

(c) where it is not practicable to make any appointment in accordance with head (b) (whether because of unavailability or otherwise), the board may instead appoint one or (as the case may require) two principals from a panel prepared by any other board under head (a);

(d) different principals may be appointed under head (b) or (c) to attend different meetings of the committee.” .