1. This Order shall be cited as the Herefordshire Education Action Zone (Extension and Variation) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st September 2001.
2. In this Order—
“Herefordshire Education Action Zone” means the Education Action Zone established by the Herefordshire Education Action Zone Order 1998(1).
3. The Herefordshire Education Action Zone is extended for a further period of two years beginning with 1st September 2001.
4. There shall be inserted after article 9 of the Herefordshire Education Action Zone Order 1998 the following article:
9A. A member of the Forum may be removed from office by the Forum in the following circumstances—
(a)in the case of a member who was a governor of a zone school at the time he was appointed to the Forum pursuant to either article 4(a) or article 5, if that person ceases to be a governor at that zone school, or a governor of the relevant category as the case may be;
(b)in the case of a member appointed pursuant to either article 4(a) or 5, if the school whose governing body appointed him, or with which he had a connection, is discontinued;
(c)in the case of a member appointed by a zone partner pursuant to article 4(c), if the body in question is dissolved or otherwise ceases to exist; and
(d)in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 5(1), if that person no longer appears to the Forum to represent the interests of either business, the voluntary sector, parents of children, or teachers at the zone schools, in the area served by zone schools, as the case may be.”
5.—(1) The Herefordshire Education Action Zone Order 1998(1) is varied as follows:
(2) From Schedule 1 of that Order the words “Tesco Stores Limited”, “Herefordshire Group Training Association”, “The Hereford and Worcester Chamber of Commerce”, “The Marches Consortium Limited”, “Herefordshire Area Health Authority”, “Herefordshire Group Training Association”, are deleted.
(3) In Schedule 1 after the words “the Hereford and Worcester Careers Services Limited”, shall be inserted “Arctic Circle Limited”, “Community First”, “Herefordshire Education Directorate”, “Herefordshire Primary Care Trust”, “Learning and Skills Council Herefordshire and Worcestershire” and “Sun Valley Foods Ltd”.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
3rd August 2001