The Collaboration Between Education Bodies (Wales) Regulations 2012

Delegation of functions to a joint committee by education bodies

4.—(1) Where the collaborating education body is a—

(a) governing body, that body may only delegate such functions to a joint committee as may be delegated to a committee under regulation 50 of the Government of Maintained Schools Regulations or regulation 59 of the Federation of Maintained Schools Regulations;

(b) further education body, that body may only delegate such functions to a joint committee as may be delegated to a committee under the relevant provisions of its instrument and articles; or

(c) local authority, that body may only delegate such functions to a joint committee as may be delegated to a committee under its constitution.

(2) An education body may not delegate to a joint committee in accordance with these Regulations any of its functions in relation to—

(a) the appointment and dismissal of, and taking disciplinary action against, persons employed under a contract of employment by a local authority;

(b) the dismissal of, and taking disciplinary action against, persons employed under a contract of employment by a further education body;

(c) the dismissal of, and taking disciplinary action against, school staff in the Staffing of Maintained Schools Regulations; or

(d) pupil or student discipline.

(3) Where a further education body delegates any of its functions which relate to individual members of the further education body’s staff to a joint committee, the relevant provisions of the instrument and articles apply to the discharge of such functions.

(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, in regulations 50 to 52 of the Government of Maintained Schools Regulations and regulations 59 to 61 of the Federation of Maintained Schools Regulations—

(a) “committee” (“pwyllgor”) means a joint committee established in accordance with these Regulations;

(b) “governor” (“llywodraethwr”) means a member excluding a non governor member of a joint committee established in accordance with these Regulations; and

(c) “head teacher” (“pennaeth”) means a head teacher of any of the schools the governing body of which is a collaborating education body.