Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978

Teachers in aided schools E+W+S

80 Teacher in aided school dismissed on requirement of local education authority. E+W+S

(1) Where a teacher in an aided school is dismissed by the governors F1 of the school in pursuance of a requirement of the local education authority under paragraph (a) of the proviso to section 24(2) of the M1 Education Act 1944, this Part shall have effect in relation to the dismissal as if—

(a) the local education authority had at all material times been the teacher’s employer, and

(b) the local education authority had dismissed him, and the reason or principal reason for which they did so had been the reason or principal reason for which they required his dismissal.

(2) For the purposes of a complaint under section 67 as applied by this section—

(a) section 71(2)(b) shall have effect as if for the words “not practicable to comply” there were substituted the words “not practicable for the local education authority to permit compliance”; and

(b) section 74(5) shall have effect as if any reference to the employer were a reference to the local education authority.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Education Act 1980 (c. 20, SIF 41:1), Sch. 1 para. 30

Marginal Citations

M1 1944 c. 31.