School Boards

29 Restriction on councillor’s membership of School Board

(1)

For subsection (2) of section 5 of the 1988 Act (which prevents councillors from being members of certain School Boards) there shall be substituted—

“(2)

A councillor for an electoral ward which falls wholly or partly within the catchment area of a school shall be entitled to attend, and to speak at, any meeting of a School Board for the time being established for that school; but no councillor shall be a member of a School Board for the time being established for a school situated within the area of the council.”.

(2)

The amendment made by subsection (1) above shall have no effect as respects a councillor whose election was held before this section came into force.