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F1SCHEDULE 1S AMENDMENTS OF 1988 ACT CONSEQUENTIAL ON RESTRICTING BY-ELECTIONS FOR PARENT MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS

(introduced by section 28(3))

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SCHEDULE 2S MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

(introduced by section 60(1))

Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 (c.19)S

F21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)S

F32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44)S

3(1)The 1980 Act shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)In section 1(5)(a)(i) (nursery schools and nursery classes included in definition of “school education” for purposes of Act), for “hereinafter” substitute “ such schools and classes being ”.

(3)In section 9 (conscience clause) for the words “, every grant-aided school and every self-governing school” substitute “ and every grant-aided school ”.

(4)In section 10 (safeguards for religious beliefs)—

(a)the words “, or at any self-governing school” are repealed;

(b)for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “ of the school or other educational establishment, the education authority ”;

(c)for the words “, other educational establishment or self-governing school” substitute “ or other educational establishment ”; and

(d)the words “or, as the case may be, by the board of management” are repealed.

(5)In section 30 (duty of parents to provide education for their children), the existing provisions become subsection (1); and after that subsection add—

(2)Section 1 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (asp 6) (right of child to be provided with school education by, or by virtue of arrangements made by, an education authority) is without prejudice to the choice afforded a parent by subsection (1) above..

(6)In section 57 (medical and dental examination and inspection)—

(a)for subsection (2) substitute—

(2)For the purpose of securing the proper medical or dental inspection of the pupils and young persons for whom there is a duty under the said section 39 to provide such inspection, an education authority may require the parent of any pupil in attendance at any school under their management to submit the pupil for medical or dental inspection in accordance with arrangements made by the appropriate Health Board in agreement with the authority; and the authority may require any young person in attendance at any educational establishment under their management to submit for such medical or dental inspection.;

and

(b)in subsection (3), for the word “person” substitute “ parent ”.

(7)In section 66(3) (inspection of educational establishments), after “person” insert “ wilfully ”.

(8)In section 70 (powers of Scottish Ministers to enforce duties of education authorities etc.), the existing provisions become subsection (1); and after that subsection add—

(2)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, in that subsection the expression “enactment” includes—

(a)an Act of the Scottish Parliament but only in so far as it is an Act which relates to school education; and

(b)an order, regulation, rule or other instrument which has effect by virtue of an Act of the Scottish Parliament but only in so far as it is an instrument which so relates..

(9)In section 135(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “independent school”, for the words “, a grant-aided school or a self-governing school” substitute “ or a grant-aided school ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 3 partly in force; Sch. 2 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 61(2); Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(2)(5)-(8) in force at 13.10.2000 by S.S.I. 2000/361, art. 3(1), Sch. Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4)

I2Sch. 2 para. 3(3)(4)(9) in force at 31.12.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/528, art. 2(b)

School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.47)S

F44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 3S FURTHER REPEALS

(introduced by section 60(2))

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 3 in force at 13.10.2000 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2000/361, art. 3(1), Sch. Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4)

I4Sch. 3 in force at 31.12.2004 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2004/528, art. 2(b)

EnactmentExtent of Repeal
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Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)In section 22, in the Table, paragraph 7A.
In section 82(1), the definitions of “board of management” and “self-governing school”.
Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74)In section 17, in the Table, paragraph 7A.
In section 19(6)(c)(i), the words “7A,”.
In section 78(1), the definitions of “board of management” and “self-governing school”.
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29)In section 39, in subsection (1), the words “or at any self-governing school”; and in each of subsections (3) and (4), the words “and of every board of management”.
Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44)In section 1(5)(a), the words “in attendance at schools”.
In section 2A, in subsection (1), the words “or self-governing”; and in subsection (2), the words “or a board of management”.
In section 8, in subsection (1), the words “and boards of management of self-governing schools”; and in subsection (2), the words “or board of management”.
In section 19, in subsection (1), the words “or to the premises and equipment of self-governing schools”; in subsection (2), paragraph (b) and the words “, or as the case may be of the self-governing school,”; and in subsection (3), the words “, or of any self-governing school”, “or school”, “or as the case may be with the board of management” and “or board”.
In section 28A (and in that section as substituted by Schedule A2 to the 1980 Act), in subsection (3)(a), the word “or” where it occurs immediately after sub-paragraph (iv).
In section 48A(5)(a)(i), the words “, or self-governing,”.
In section 51, in subsection (1), the words “or (2AB)”; and subsections (2AB) and (2AC).
In section 53, subsection (3A).
In section 54, in subsection (1), the words “, or a self-governing school,”; and in subsection (3), the words “; or for any pupil who is a boarder at a self-governing school”.
In section 55(b), the words “except in relation to a school which is a self-governing school,”.
In section 57(3), the words “or board of management”.
In section 58, in subsection (1), the words “, and the board of management of any self-governing school may by notice in writing issued with respect to that school,” and “(or as the case may be at that school)”; in subsection (2), the words “, or in the case of a self-governing school, the board of management,”; in subsection (3), the words “, or in the case of a self-governing school the board of management” and “, or in the case of a self-governing school any officer appointed by the board of management,”; and in each of subsections (4) and (6), the words “, or as the case may be the board of management”.
In section 123(1), the words “(where the child is in attendance at a school under the management of that authority) or by the board of management of a self-governing school (where the child is in attendance at that self-governing school)”.
In section 125A, in paragraph (a), the words “, the board of management of a self-governing school”; in paragraph (b), the words “, board of management”; and the words “, board of management” where they last occur.
In section 135(1), the definition of “board of management”; in the definition of “grant-aided school”, the words “, a self-governing school”; in the definition of “school”, the words “, a self-governing school”; and the definition of “self-governing school”.
Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c.58)Section 14.
Schedule 5.
Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2)In paragraph 6 of Schedule 5, sub-paragraph (aa).
School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.47)In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3, the words “on their own initiative”.
Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c.39)Part I.
In section 69, subsection (2).
In section 70(1), paragraph (b).
Section 76.
In section 77(2), paragraph (a) and the word “or” immediately following that paragraph.
In section 80(1), the definitions of “appointed member”, “articles of constitution” and “articles of management”, “board of management”, “capital grants”, “denominational school”, “eligible school”, “grant regulations”, “the incorporation date”, “interest in land”, “land”, “land obligations”, “parent” (and “parent member”), “premises”, “pupil”, “recovery regulations”, “recurrent grant”, “scheme of government”, “self-governing school”, “special purpose grants” and “staff member”.
Schedules 1 to 5 and 7 to 9; and in Schedule 10, paragraphs 3 and 8(19) and (20).
Children Act 1989 (c. 41)In paragraph 3 of Schedule 9, in sub-paragraph (1), head (g); and in sub-paragraph (3), the words “, “self-governing school””.
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43)In section 98(3), paragraph (h).
Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c.53)In Part II of Schedule 1, in paragraph 50, sub-paragraph (c).
Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c.23)In note (1)(a) to Group 6 in Schedule 9, sub-paragraph (vi).
Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18)In section 50(9), paragraph (e).
Data Protection Act 1998 (c.29)In section 30(5)(b), sub-paragraph (i).
In paragraph 6 of Schedule 11, in sub-paragraph (a), the words from “or, in relation” to the end.

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