School Standards and Framework Act 1998

School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991 (c. 49)

24 The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991 shall be amended as follows.

25 In section 1 (establishment of review body on statutory conditions of employment)—

(a) in subsection (5)—

(i) in paragraph (b), for the words from “governors of” to “grant-maintained schools” substitute “governing bodies of foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools”, and

(ii) omit the words from “and, where” to “that subsection”; and

(b) omit subsection (6).

26 In section 2 (orders relating to statutory conditions of employment)—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), for the words from “governors of” to “grant-maintained schools” substitute “governing bodies of foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools”;

(b) omit subsection (2);

(c) in subsection (3), for “by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office” substitute “in accordance with the order”;

(d) in subsection (4)—

(i) in paragraph (a), omit “, in the case of a grant-maintained school,” and the words from “and provide” to the end,

(ii) in paragraph (g), after “authorities” insert “or governing bodies of schools”, and

(iii) omit paragraph (h);

(e) in subsection (5), omit the words from “and, where” to “(2) above”; and

(f) in subsection (6)(a), omit the words from “or, in” to “such schools,”.

27 In section 3A (special provisions for teachers on transfer of employment)—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) This section applies where—

(a) a community, foundation or voluntary or community or foundation special school is established in place of an independent school in pursuance of proposals published under section 28 or 31 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, and

(b) a school teacher employed to teach at that independent school becomes employed by the local education authority or (as the case may be) the governing body in accordance with the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981.”; and

(b) in subsection (3), for “an aided school” substitute “a foundation, voluntary aided or foundation special school”.

28 (1) Section 5 (interpretation, etc.) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in the definition of “school teacher”, for “voluntary or grant-maintained” substitute “foundation, voluntary aided or foundation special”;

(b) in the definition of “school which has a delegated budget”, for “Part II of the [1996 c. 56.] Education Act 1996” substitute “Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998”; and

(c) for the words from “other expressions” to the end substitute “where any other expression used in this Act is defined for the purposes of the [1996 c. 56.] Education Act 1996 or the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, it shall have the same meaning in this Act as in that Act.”

(3) For the sidenote substitute “Interpretation, orders and application of provisions of Education Acts.”