2.—(1) There shall be 9, 16 or 24 voting members appointed to the Board of Governors of one or more than one controlled primary school, other than a controlled nursery school or controlled integrated primary school.N.I.
(2) Subject to paragraph 6, where there are 9 voting members appointed to such a Board of Governors, then of those members—
(a)four shall be nominated by the transferors and superseded managers of the school or schools;
(b)two shall be elected by parents of [registered pupils at] the school or schools from amongst the parents of such pupils;
(c)two shall be chosen by [the Authority] ...;
(d)one shall be elected by assistant teachers at the school or schools from amongst such assistant teachers.
(3) Where there are 16 or 24 voting members appointed to such a Board of Governors, sub-paragraph (2) shall apply as if for the numbers mentioned in heads (a), (b), (c) and (d), of that sub-paragraph there were substituted the fractions three-eighths, one-quarter, one-quarter and one-eighth respectively.