Local Government Act 1985

PART III Education in Inner London

18 The Inner London Education Authority

(1) On such day before the abolition date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint for the purposes of this section there shall be established a body corporate which, as from the abolition date, shall be known as the Inner London Education Authority and, before that date, as the Inner London Interim Education Authority.

(2) As from the abolition date the Authority established by this section (in this Part of this Act referred to as " the Authority ") shall be the local education authority for the Inner London Education Area, and references to a local education authority in the Education Acts 1944 to 1981 and in any other enactment shall be construed accordingly.

(3) The Inner London Education Area shall continue to consist of Greater London exclusive of the outer London boroughs.

(4) Subject to subsection (5) below, the Authority shall consist of members elected by the local government electors of the Inner London Education Area in accordance with this Act and the [1983 c. 2.] Representation of the People Act 1983.

(5) Until elected members of the Authority take office in accordance with section 19(2) below, the Authority shall consist of the persons who on the day appointed under subsection (1) above are members of the special committee referred to in section 30 of the [1963 c. 33.] London Government Act 1963 but so that any such person shall cease to be a member of the Authority if—

(a) before the abolition date he ceases to be a member of that special committee; or

(b) whether before or after that date he ceases to be a member of the Authority by disqualification, resignation or otherwise in accordance with section 80, 84 or 85 of the principal Act as applied to the Authority by section 84 below.

(6) Except where the context otherwise requires, references to the Inner London Education Authority in any enactment passed or instrument made before the passing of this Act shall as respects any time on or after the abolition date be construed as references to the Authority established by this section.

19 Elections

(1) The ordinary elections of members of the Authority shall take place in 1986 and every fourth year thereafter, their terms of office shall be four years and they shall retire together in every such fourth year on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of members of the Authority.

(2) The persons elected at the ordinary elections in 1986 shall come into office on the fourth day after the day of election; and those elected at any subsequent ordinary elections shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.

(3) For the purposes of the election of members to the Authority the Inner London Education Area shall be divided into electoral divisions, each returning two members in the case of the ordinary elections in 1986 and one member in the case of any subsequent ordinary elections, and there shall be a separate election for each electoral division.

(4) The electoral divisions shall be the areas constituted as the parliamentary constituencies in that Area by the [S.I. 1983/417.] Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983, but subject in the case of the second ordinary elections and any subsequent election to the provisions of any order under Part IV of the principal Act.

(5) Part I of Schedule 9 to this Act shall have effect for applying to the election of members of the Authority the provisions of the [1983 c. 2.] Representation of the People Act 1983; and Part II of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to the alteration of the electoral arrangements for the Inner London Education Area under Part IV of the principal Act.

(6) That Schedule has effect from the day appointed under section 18(1) above; and until the abolition date references in that Schedule to the Inner London Education Authority shall be construed as references to the Inner London Interim Education Authority.

20 Chairman and vice-chairman

(1) The Authority shall in each year appoint a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members.

(2) Appointments under subsection (1) above shall be the first business transacted at the annual meeting of the Authority.

(3) Subject to any standing orders made by the Authority, anything authorised or required to be done by or in relation to the chairman may be done by or in relation to the vice-chairman.

(4) The Authority may pay to the chairman and vice-chairman for the purpose of enabling him to meet the expenses of his office such allowance as the Authority thinks reasonable.

(5) The chairman shall, unless he resigns or becomes disqualified, continue in office until his successor becomes entitled to act as chairman.

(6) During his term of office the chairman shall continue to be a member of the Authority notwithstanding the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to the retirement of its members.

(7) The vice-chairman shall, unless he resigns or becomes disqualified, hold office until immediately after the appointment of a chairman at the next annual meeting of the Authority and during that time shall continue to be a member of the Authority notwithstanding the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to the retirement of its members.

(8) If apart from subsection (6) or (7) above the person presiding at the meeting referred to in subsection (2) above would have ceased to be a member of the Authority, he shall not be entitled to vote on the appointment except in accordance with subsection (9) below.

(9) In the case of an equality of votes in respect of the appointment of a chairman the person presiding at the meeting shall give a casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.

21 Consultation with inner London boroughs and the City

(1) The Authority shall in each financial year (beginning with that in which it is established) consult the council of each inner London borough and the Common Council about—

(a) the Authority's proposals for expenditure and the financing of expenditure in the next financial year; and

(b) the Authority's main policy objectives.

(2) The Authority shall comply with subsection (1) above in each financial year before it determines for the purposes of section 11 of the [1967 c. 9.] General Rate Act 1967 the amount of its total estimated expenditure for the next financial year.

(3) If in the course of any financial year and after complying with subsection (1) above the Authority proposes to change any of its main policy objectives or to make an addition to those objectives it shall consult any council mentioned in that subsection whose area will in the Authority's opinion be significantly affected by the proposal.

(4) Any consultation under this section between the Authority and a council shall be carried out in such maimer as the Authority and that council may agree or, in default of agreement, as the Secretary of State may direct.

(5) The Authority and the councils mentioned in subsection (1) above shall have regard to any guidance given by the Secretary of State as to the matters to be regarded as main policy objectives and generally as to consultation under this section; and for the purposes of any such consultation the Authority shall supply each of those councils with such information as that council may reasonably request.

(6) Before publishing any proposals under section 12(1) or 15(3) of the [1980 c. 20.] Education Act 1980 (establishment, discontinuance or alteration of school or reduction of school places) the Authority shall consult the council or councils of the area or areas which the Authority considers are being served by the school in question or, in the case of the establishment of a new school, will be served by it.

22 Review of administration of education in inner London

(1) The Secretary of State may before 31st March 1991 review the exercise by the Authority of its functions relating to education.

(2) The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament a report on any review carried out by him under this section; and the report shall be laid not later than the date mentioned in subsection (1) above.