The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Filling of certain casual vacancies in boards

160.  In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Order after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be added—

“(4) As soon as possible after the date on which a vacancy occurs among the members of a board appointed under paragraph 1(2)(a) and in any event within two months of that date, the appropriate council shall select a member of that council to be nominated by it to the board to fill that vacancy and shall send to the Head of the Department the name and address of the person so nominated.

(5) If the appropriate council fails to nominate a member to a board in accordance with sub-paragraph (4), the Head of the Department may, on behalf of that council, nominate a person who is a member of that council and that nomination shall be deemed for all purposes to be a nomination by that council.

(6) Sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) do not apply where the Head of the Department fills the vacancy in question by re-appointing a person under paragraph 6(5) and notifies the appropriate council of that re-appointment.

(7) In sub-paragraphs (4) to (6) “the appropriate council” in relation to a vacancy means the council by which the member being replaced was nominated.”.