50Suspension of requirement to advertise principal teacher postsS
(1)The requirement imposed on an education authority by section 87A of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44) to advertise a vacant post of principal teacher is, for the period specified in subsection (2) below, suspended.
(2)That period is [F1the period of four years](or such longer period as the Scottish Ministers may by order substitute for that period) beginning with the coming into force of this section.
(3)An order under subsection (2) above shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 50(2) substituted (10.2.2004) by The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Principal Teachers) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/607), art. 2