The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44)S
118(1)The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S
(2)In section 4 (duty of education authorities to provide psychological service), the words “regional or island authority” shall cease to have effect.
(3)In section 6 (social activities etc.)—
(a)in subsection (2)—
(i)the letter “(a)”; and
(ii)paragraph (b),
shall cease to have effect; and
(b)subsection (3) shall cease to have effect.
(4)Section 78 (appointment of director of education) shall cease to have effect.
(5)In section 86 (admissibility of documents)—
(a)in paragraph (a), the words from “or” to “authority”; and
(b)in paragraph (e), the words “or by the director of education”,
shall cease to have effect.
(6)In subsection (3A) of section 112 (reorganisation schemes), for “Schedule 10 to” substitute “ Section 56 of ”.
(7)In section 122 (interpretation of Part VI), in the definition of “governing instrument”, after the words “provisional order”, where they first appear, insert “ or made under section 17 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, ”.
(8)In subsection (3) of section 129 (establishment of Board to conduct examinations, etc.), for “directors of education” substitute “ persons employed by education authorities in an administrative capacity as respects the discharge of their education functions ”.
(9)In subsection (1) of section 135 (interpretation), in the definition of “education authority”, for the words “regional or islands council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”.
(10)In Schedule A1 (appeal committees)—
(a)in paragraph 3—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “the education committee of the authority” there shall be substituted the words “ any committee appointed by the authority whose purposes include advising the authority on any matter relating to the discharge of any of their functions as education authority or discharging any of those functions on behalf of such authority ”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “the education committee of the authority” there shall be substituted the words “ any such committee ”; and
(iii)for the words from “as” to “adviser”, where it thirdly occurs, there shall be substituted the words “ in an administrative or advisory capacity as respects the discharge of their education functions. ”;
(b)in paragraph 4, for the words “the education committee of the authority” there shall be substituted the words “ any committee such as is mentioned in paragraph 3 above ”; and
(c)in paragraph 5, for the words “the education committee of the authority” there shall be substituted the words “ any committee such as is mentioned in paragraph 3 above ”.