The persons appointed to the Council under sub‐paragraph (1)(e) and (f) shall be chosen by the Council from amongst those nominated under sub‐paragraph (2) and shall be so chosen as to represent as equitably as possible the interests of both primary and secondary schools and the interests of each of the areas for which a diocesan education committee is appointed under paragraph 3.

The Department may, after consultation with the Archbishop of Armagh, by order amend this paragraph.

The Department may, after consultation with the Council, by order amend sub‐paragraphs (1) to (6).

The functions to be performed by diocesan education committees shall be specified in a scheme made by the Council and approved by the Department and that scheme may provide for such functions as are specified in the scheme to be performed by diocesan education committees on behalf of, and in the name of, the Council.

Where a scheme is submitted to the Department for its approval under sub‐paragraph (8) the Department may before approving the scheme make such modifications (if any) in the scheme as after consultation with the Council it considers necessary or expedient.

A diocesan education committee may appoint such sub‐committees as it considers necessary and may authorise any such sub‐committee all the members of which are members of the committee to perform specific functions on behalf of, and in the name of, the committee.

Paragraphs 5 to 8F2. . . shall apply in relation to a diocesan education committee as they apply in relation to the Council, but with the substitution for references to a committee of the Council of references to a sub‐committee of the diocesan education committee.

A person appointed to the Council by the Council from amongst parents or assistant teachers elected under paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 5 to the principal Order to the Boards of Governors of Catholic maintained schools shall if he ceases to hold office as a member of the Board of Governors of a Catholic maintained school cease to be a member of the Council.

Where a member of the Council becomes disqualified under sub‐paragraph (1) or is absent from meetings of the Council for more than 6 months consecutively, or a person ceases to be a member of the Council under sub‐paragraph (2), the Council shall forthwith declare his office vacant.

Attendance as a member of the Council at any meeting of a committee of the Council shall for the purposes of sub‐paragraph (3) be regarded as an attendance at a meeting of the Council.

The proceedings of the Council shall not be invalidated by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment or qualification of any of its members.

Without prejudice to the generality of sub‐paragraph (1), the Council shall be regarded as fully constituted notwithstanding that parents and assistant teachers to be appointed to the Council by the Council have not yet been appointed.

Articles 95(1) to (5), 96, 97 and 98 of the principal Order shall apply in relation to the Council (but not a committee or sub‐committee of the Council) as they apply in relation to a board.

The right of the Council under section 19(1)(a)(vi) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 to employ staff shall be exercised subject to any directions which may be given by the Department with respect to the number and terms and conditions of service of persons employed or to be employed by the Council.

The officers of the Council shall be appointed at such rates of remuneration as the Council may, with the consent of the Department, determine.

The Council may, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Department, make provision for the payment on death or retirement of pensions, gratuities or other like benefits to or in respect of the service of officers of the Council.

The Council shall appoint a fit person approved by the Department to be itsF6 chief executive.

The Council shall not employ as a paid officer of the Council a person who is, or has within the preceding 12 months been, a member of the Council or a diocesan education committee.

Subject to sub‐paragraph (2), this paragraph applies to any person employed immediately before the appointed day by the Interim Council for Catholic Maintained Schools established in accordance with the memorandum published by the Department on 17th September 1987 (in this paragraph referred to as “the former employer”).

The contract of employment between a person to whom this paragraph applies and the former employer shall have effect from the appointed day as if originally made between him and the Council.

Sub‐paragraphs (3) and (4) are without prejudice to any right of an employee to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made to his detriment in his working conditions, but no such right shall arise by reason only of the change in employer effected by this paragraph.

The Council shall, at such times, in such form and in respect of such periods as the Department may direct, submit to the Department in relation to each such period estimates of its payments and receipts in respect of its functions and the Department may approve any such estimates with or without modifications in respect of such periods as the Department considers appropriate.

The Council may at any time where necessary submit supplementary or revised estimates to the Department and the Department may approve any such estimates with or without modifications.

The Council shall submit to the Department such information relating to any estimate submitted under this paragraph as the Department may require.

The Council shall not incur expenditure otherwise than in accordance with estimates approved by the Department under this paragraph.

The Department may pay to the Council grants equal to the approved net expenditure incurred by the Council in accordance with estimates approved under paragraph 14 less the amount of any sums received by the Council otherwise than from the Department.

In sub‐paragraph (2) “approved net expenditure” does not include any expenditure mentioned in sub‐paragraph (1)(a) or (b).

Where any premises in respect of which the Department has paid a grant under paragraph 15(1)(a) cease to be used for approved purposes of the Council, there shall be payable to the Department by the Council or its successors in title such sum as the Department considers equitable but not exceeding such proportion of the value of the premises as the proportion that the amount of the grant was of the approved cost of the provision or alteration of the premises together with interest on that sum from the date on which the premises ceased to be used as aforesaid until the date of payment to the Department.

Where any site which has been acquired for the purposes of the Council and in respect of which site the Department has paid a grant under paragraph 15(1)(a) ceases in the opinion of the Department to be required for such purposes, there shall be payable to the Department by the Council or its successors in title such sum as the Department considers equitable but not exceeding such proportion of the value of the site as the proportion that the amount of the grant was of the approved cost of the acquisition of the site together with interest on that sum from the date on which the site so ceased to be required until the date of payment to the Department. 1973 No. 439

The amount by which a grant may be reduced under sub‐paragraph (3)(a) or the amount payable to the Department under sub‐paragraph (3)(b) shall consist of a sum not exceeding such proportion of the value of the replaced premises as the proportion that the amount of the grant is or was of the approved cost of the provision of the new or altered premises together with interest on that sum from the date on which the premises ceased to be used as aforesaid until the date of the payment of the grant under sub‐paragraph (3)(a) or, as the case may be, the payment to the Department under sub‐paragraph (3)(b).

For the purposes of sub‐paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) the value of premises or a site shall be taken to be the amount which the premises or site might be expected to realise if sold in the open market on the date on which the premises ceased to be used or the site ceased to be required as aforesaid and where the Department certifies that it is not possible to reach agreement as to such value, the dispute as to such value may be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland.

Where any equipment in respect of which the Department has paid a grant under paragraph 15(1)(b) ceases to be used for approved purposes of the Council, there shall be payable to the Department by the Council such sum as the Department considers equitable, regard being had to the length of the period during which the equipment was used for those purposes.

For the purposes of sub‐paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) interest shall be at such rate as may from time to time be determined by the Department of Finance and Personnel under paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972F8.

Any sum payable to the Department under this paragraph may be recovered as a debt due to the Department.

The Department shall lay a copy of the statement of accounts and of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report before the Assembly.