School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988

3 Terms of office etc

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, every member of a School Board shall hold office for 4 years.

(2) The term of office of half (or, where there is an odd number of parent members, of the largest number less than half) of the parent members elected when a School Board are established shall be 2 years.

(3) The parent members whose term of office is to be restricted to 2 years under subsection (2) above, failing agreement between all the parent members elected to the Board, shall be selected by drawing lots.

(4) A member of a School Board may resign office at any time by giving notice in writing to the Clerk of the Board or to the education authority for the area.

(5) A School Board may remove any member of the Board who they are satisfied—

(a) is unable to carry out his duties by reason of physical or mental illness or incapacity; or

(b) has failed without good cause to attend meetings for a continuous period of at least 6 months and to attend 3 consecutive meetings.

(6) In the event of a vacancy for a parent member or a staff member of a School Board arising a by-election shall be held, subject to subsection (7) below, as soon as possible, and in any event within a period of 3 months.

(7) Where a person ceases, for whatever reason, to be a parent member or staff member within 6 months before the expiry of his term of office, no by-election need be held under subsection (6) above.

(8) Members of a School Board who cease to be eligible to serve in the capacity in which they have been elected or co-opted may complete their term of office, provided that their remaining term of office is less than two years.

(9) Where a vacancy for a co-opted member of a Board occurs the Board shall (in accordance with this Act) co-opt another person in his place.

(10) Persons elected or co-opted under this section to fill a casual vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term of office of the person whose place they have filled.