SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS OF 1988 ACT CONSEQUENTIAL ON RESTRICTING BY-ELECTIONS FOR PARENT MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS

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In section 2B (co-option), for subsections (3) and (4) substitute—

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Where a vacancy for a parent member of a Board arises and—

a

no by-election falls to be held, then the Board may, in accordance with this Act, co-opt, within three months after it does so arise;

b

a by-election falls to be held but on its being held no parent member is elected, the Board may, in accordance with this Act, co-opt, within three months after the by-election,

from among the parents of pupils in attendance at the school another person in his place; and a person so co-opted shall be a parent member of the Board and not a co-opted member within the meaning given in section 2(1)(c) of this Act.