PART 2SCHOOL GOVERNANCE
CHAPTER 2TRAINING FOR GOVERNORS AND CLERKS AND PROVISION OF CLERKS
23Duty of local authorities to provide clerks to the governing bodies of maintained schools
(1)
A local authority in Wales must inform, from time to time, each body that is required to appoint a clerk to the governing body of a maintained school in the local authority's area under section 23 of the Education Act 2002 that the body may request the authority to provide a person for appointment as a clerk.
(2)
Regulations may require a local authority in Wales to provide a person for appointment if a request is made.
(3)
The regulations may (among other things)—
(a)
confer power on a local authority to charge a fee for the provision of a person (including a power to charge different fees in different cases);
(b)
prescribe the person by whom the fee must be paid;
(c)
provide for exceptions and exemptions.