Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989

7 (1) Where the board of management of a self-governing school decide to exclude a pupil from the school (whether or not until stipulated conditions are complied with), the parent of the pupil may refer the decision to the appeal committee constituted by virtue of paragraph 4 of this Schedule.

(2) An appeal committee may, on a reference under this paragraph, confirm or annul the decision of the board and, in confirming a decision to exclude a pupil until conditions are complied with, the committee may modify the conditions.

(3) The decision of an appeal committee on a reference under this paragraph, and the reasons for that decision, shall be notified by the committee in writing to the parent and to the board.

(4) A decision of an appeal committee, on a reference under this paragraph, annulling a decision of a board or modifying the conditions subject to which the board have excluded a pupil from a school shall be complied with by the board.

(5) The decision of an appeal committee confirming a board’s decision to exclude a pupil or modifying conditions under sub-paragraph (2) above may be appealed against by the parent of the pupil to the sheriff having jurisdiction where the school from which the pupil has been excluded is situated; and sub-paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (7) and (8) of paragraph 6 of this Schedule shall apply to an appeal under this sub-paragraph as they apply to an appeal under that paragraph.

(6) The sheriff may, on an appeal under sub-paragraph (5) above, confirm or annul the decision of the board excluding the pupil and, in confirming a decision excluding the pupil until certain stipulated conditions are complied with, he may modify the conditions.