Education (Scotland) Act 2016

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25Appointment of Chief Education OfficerS

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After section 77 of the 1980 Act insert—

Appointment of Chief Education OfficerS

78Appointment of Chief Education Officer

(1)An education authority must appoint an officer to advise the authority on the carrying out of the authority's functions under this Act and any other enactment.

(2)An officer appointed under subsection (1) is to be known as the Chief Education Officer.

(3)An officer appointed under subsection (1) must have—

(a)such qualifications as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers, and

(b)such experience as the authority considers appropriate in relation to the carrying out of the advisory function mentioned in that subsection.

(4)In subsection (1), “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament..