Education (No. 2) Act 1986

20 (1) For the purposes of the appointment and dismissal of staff at any new school which will be an aided school, the local education authority and the temporary governing body shall (subject to sub-paragraph (2) below) have the same powers, and be under the same duties, as would the authority and the governing body for an aided school whose articles of government provided for—

(a) staff employed solely in connection with the provision of school meals to be appointed by the authority ; and

(b) other staff employed at the school to be appointed by the governing body.

(2) The first appointment of a clerk to the temporary governing body of any such school shall be made by the promoters.

(3) Where the arrangement for the constitution of a temporary governing body of any such school comes to an end, the person who was the clerk to that body shall act as clerk to the governing body who succeed them, pending the appointment of their clerk.

(4) The authority shall, with a view to enabling staff to be appointed in good time, notify the temporary governing body of every such school of the steps (if any) which they intend to take in respect of the school under sections 22(4) and 24(2) of the 1944 Act (powers of authority in relation to certain staff).

(5) Paragraphs 21 to 25 and 26 (1) and (2) below shall not apply in relation to any such school.