3.—(1) For the purposes of[F1 the Education Orders], there shall be five Education and Library Boards and each such board shall be the local education authority F2. . . for its area.
(2) The names of the boards shall be those specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 and the area of a board shall be the areas of those local government districts specified opposite the name of that board in column 2 of that Schedule.
(3) The Department may by order, subject to affirmative resolution, amend the name or area of any board.
(4) The boards shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions set out in Part I of Schedule 2 and shall be bodies corporate to which, subject to[F1 Articles 83 and 106], section 19 of the [1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply.
(5) The procedure of boards shall be regulated in accordance with Part II of Schedule 2.
(6) The headquarters of a board shall be situated at each such place as the Department may direct or approve.
F2Words in art. 3(1) repealed (1.4.2009) by Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 8), ss. 10(2), 12(2), Sch. 4; S.R. 2009/123, art. 2(g)