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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted by Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 58), s. 1(2), Sch. 1
1SAn appeal committee set up under section 28D(1) of this Act shall be constituted in accordance with this Schedule.
2SAn appeal committee shall consist of 3, 5 or 7 members nominated by the authority from among persons appointed by the authority under this Schedule; and sufficient persons may be appointed to enable 2 or more appeal committees to sit at the same time.
3SThe persons appointed shall comprise—
(a)members of the authority or of [F2any committee appointed by the authority whose purposes include advising the authority on any matter relating to the discharge of any of their functions as education authority or discharging any of those functions on behalf of such authority]; and
(b)persons who are not members of the authority or of [F3any such committee] but are—
(i)parents of children of school age;
(ii)persons who in the opinion of the authority have experience in education; or
(iii)persons who in the opinion of the authority are acquainted with the educational conditions in the area of the authority;
but shall not include any person employed by the authority [F4in an administrative or advisory capacity as respects the discharge of their education functions.].
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. A1 para. 3(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 118(10)(a)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c).
F3Words in Sch. A1 para. 3(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 118(10)(a)(ii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c).
F4Words in Sch. A1 para. 3 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 118(10)(a)(iii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c).
4SThe members of an appeal committee who are members of the authority or of [F5any committee such as is mentioned in paragraph 3 above] shall not outnumber the other members of the appeal committee by more than one.
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Sch. A1 para. 4 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 118(10)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c).
5SA person who is a member of [F6any committee such as is mentioned in paragraph 3 above] shall not be chairman of an appeal committee.
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Sch. A1 para. 5 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 118(10)(c); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c).
6SA person shall not be a member of an appeal committee for the consideration of a reference of a decision if he was among those who made the decision or took part in or was present at discussions as to whether the decision should be made.
7SA person who is—
(a)a teacher at a relevant school (within the meaning of paragraph 8 below);
(b)a pupil at such a spepchool;
(c)a parent of a pupil at such a school; or
(d)a member of a [F7School Board] having functions in relation to such a school
shall not be a member of an appeal committee for consideration of a reference involving a question whether a child is to be placed in the specifiec school or excluded from the relevant school.
Textual Amendments
F7Words “school council” omitted and “School Board” substituted by School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 47, SIF 41:2), ss. 23, 24(2), Sch. 4 para. 7
8SFor the purposes of paragraph 7 above, “relevant school” means in relation to a reference to the appeal committee—
(a)the school which the child to whom the placing request relates attends;
(b)the specified school;
(c)the school which the education authority propose that the child to whom the placing request relates should attend;
(d)a school from which pupils are normally transferred to the school referred to in sub-paragraph (b) or (c) above; or
(e)the school from which the pupil has been excluded.
9SAn appeal committee constituted in accordance with this Schedule shall be included in the bodies to which sections 45(4) and 46 of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (allowances) apply.]
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
1SSections 28B and 28D of this Act and Schedule A1 to this Act shall apply in relation to a recorded child.
2SSections 28C, 28E(1) to (6) and 28F(1) and (5) to (7) of this Act shall not apply in relation to a recorded child (corresponding provision being made in sections 63 to 65 of this Act).
3SIn relation to a recorded child, for section 28A of this Act there shall be substituted the following section—
“28A(1)Where the parent of a recorded child makes a written request to an education authority to place his child in the school specified in the request, being a school under their management, it shall be the duty of the authority, subject to subsections (2) [F9, (3) and (3A)] below, to place the child accordingly; and where the parent of a recorded child makes a written request to the education authority for the area to which the child belongs (in accordance with section 23(3) of this Act) to place his child in the school specified in the request, not being a public school but being
[F10(a)a special school the managers of which are willing to admit the child],
[F11(b)a school in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland, the managers of which are willing to admit the child and which is a school making provision wholly or mainly for children (or as the case may be young persons) with pronounced, specific or complex special educational needs][F12; or
(c)a school at which education is provided—
(i)by a person to whom any payment is made under section 23 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1996 (c.43); or
(ii)in pursuance of arrangements entered into under section 35 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (asp 6),]
it shall be the duty of the authority, subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, to meet the fees and other necessary costs of the child’s attendance at the specified school.
Such a request so made is referred to in this Act as a “placing request” and the school specified in it is referred to in this Act as the “specified school”.
[F13(1A)The education authorities shall—
(a)in carrying out the duty imposed on them by subsection (1) above; and
(b)in deciding when that duty does not apply,
have regard to such guidance as the Scottish Ministers may give in that respect.]
(2)Where a placing request relates to two or more schools being schools under the management of the education authority to whom it is made or [F14schools mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) above] the managers of which are willing to admit the child in respect of whom the request is made, the duty imposed by [F14that subsection] shall apply in relation to the first mentioned such school, which shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as the specified school.
(3)The duty imposed by subsection (1) above does not apply—
(a)if placing the child in the specified school would—
(i)make it necessary for the authority to take an additional teacher into employment;
(ii)give rise to significant expenditure on extending or otherwise altering the accommodation at or facilities provided in connection with the school;
(iii)be seriously detrimental to the continuity of the child’s education;
[F15(iv)be likely to be seriously detrimental to order and discipline in the school; or
(v)be likely to be seriously detrimental to the educational well-being of pupils attending the school;]
[F16(vi)assuming that pupil numbers remain constant, make it necessary, at the commencement of a future stage of the child’s primary education, for the authority to elect either to create an additional class (or an additional composite class) in the specified school or to take an additional teacher into employment at that school; ]
(b)if the education normally provided at the specified school is not suited to the age, ability or aptitude of the child;
(c)if the education authority have already required the child to discontinue his attendance at the specified school;
(d)if, where the specified school is a [F14school mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) above], the child does not have special educational needs requiring the education or special facilities normally provided at that school;
(e)if the specified school is a single sex school (within the meaning given to that expression by section 26 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975) and the child is not of the sex admitted or taken (under that section) to be admitted to the school; or
(f)(i)the specified school is not a public school;
[F17(ii)the authority are able to make provision for the special educational needs of the child in a school under their management;
(iia)it is not reasonable, having regard both to the respective suitability and to the respective cost (including necessary incidental expenses) of the provision for the special educational needs of the child in the specified school and in the school under the authority’s management, to place the child in the specified school; and]
(iii)the authority have offered to place the child in the school referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) above,
but an education authority may place a child in the specified school notwithstanding paragraphs (a) [F18to (e)] above.
[F19(3A)F20. . . the duty imposed by subsection (1) above does not apply where the acceptance of a placing request in respect of a child who is resident outwith the catchment area of the specified school would prevent the education authority from retaining reserved places at the specified school or in relation to any particular stage of education at the school; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent an education authority from placing a child in the specified school.
F21(3B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3C)In subsection (3A) above, “reserved places” means such number of places (not exceeding such number or, as the case may be, such percentage of places at the school or relating to the particular stage of education as may be prescribed by regulations) as are in the opinion of the education authority reasonably required to accommodate pupils likely to become resident in the catchment area of the school in the period from the time of consideration of the placing request up to and during the year from 1 August to which the placing request relates; and different numbers or, as the case may be, percentages may be prescribed under this subsection for the purpose of different cases or circumstances.
(3D)In subsections (3A) and (3C) above, “catchment area” means the area from which pupils resident therein will be admitted to the school in terms of any priority based on residence in accordance with the guidelines formulated by the authority under section 28B(1)(c) of this Act.
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(4)An education authority shall inform a parent in writing of their decision on his placing request and, where they decide to refuse it, shall give him written reasons for their decision and inform him of his right to refer it under section 63 of this Act to an appeal committee.
(5)On complying with a placing request an education authority shall modify accordingly the nomination in the child’s Record of a school to be attended by him.
(6)The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision for deeming an education authority to have refused a placing request in the event of their not having informed the parent in writing of their decision on it in accordance with subsection (4) above within such period or before such date as may be prescribed in the regulations and different periods or dates may be so prescribed for different purposes.”.
Textual Amendments
F9Sch. A2 para. 3: words in s. 28A(1) substituted (18.9.1996) by 1996 c. 43, s. 33(2); S.I. 1996/2250, art. 2
F10Sch. A2 para. 3: words "a special school the managers of which are willing to admit the child" have become paragraph (a) of s. 28A(1) as substituted by Sch. A2 by virtue of Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c.39, SIF 41:2), s. 71(1)
F11Sch. A2 para. 3: s. 28A(1)(b) inserted by virtue of Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c.39, SIF 41:2), s. 71(1)
F12Sch. A2 para. 3: s. 28A(1)(c) and the preceding word inserted (13.10.2000) by 2000 asp 6, s. 44(7); S.S.I. 2000/361, art. 3(1), Sch. Pt. I
F13S. 28A(1A) inserted (13.10.2000) by 2000 asp 6, s. 44(3); S.S.I. 2000/361, art. 3(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I
F14Words substituted by virtue of Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c.39, SIF 41:2), s. 71(1)
F15S. 28A(3)(a)(iv)(v) substituted for s. 28A(3)(a)(iv) and the preceding word (18.9.1996) by 1996 c. 43, s. 33(3); S.I. 1996/2250, art. 2
F16S. 28A(3)(a)(vi) added (13.10.2000) by 2000 asp 6, s. 44(4); S.S.I. 2000/361, art. 3(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I
F17Subparagraphs (ii)(iia) substituted for subparagraph (ii) of S. 28A(3)(f) (as substituted by Sch. A2) by Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39, SIF 41:2), s. 71(1)
F18Words substituted by virtue of Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39, SIF 41:2), s. 71(1)
F19Sch. A2: s. 28A(3A)-(3E) inserted (18.9.1996) by 1996 c. 43, s. 33(4); S.I. 1996/2250, art. 2
F20Words in s. 28A(3A) repealed (13.10.2000) by 2000 asp 6, s. 44(5); S.S.I. 2000/361, art. 3(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I
F21S. 28A(3B)(3E) repealed (13.10.2000) by 2000 asp 6, s. 44(6); S.S.I. 2000/361, art. 3(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I
4(1)Sections 28A, 28B and 28D of this Act and Schedule A1 to this Act shall, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, apply in relation to a recorded young person as they apply in relation to a recorded child.S
(2)For the purposes of the application of those provisions to recorded young persons, references therein to the parent of a recorded child as well as references to the child himself shall, subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, be construed as references to the recorded young person.
(3)Sub-paragraph (2) above does not apply in a case where, for the purposes of section 61(7) of this Act, the education authority were satisfied that the young person was not capable of expressing his views for the purposes of that section.
5SSections 28C, 28E(1) to (6) and 28F(1) and (5) to (7) of this Act shall not apply in relation to a recorded young person (corresponding provision being made in sections 63 to 65 of this Act).
6SSection 28G of this Act shall not apply in relation to a recorded young person (corresponding provision being made in paragraph 4 of this Schedule).
Section 67.
1SThe Secretary of State shall appoint a person to hold the inquiry and to report thereon to him.
2SThe person appointed shall notify the bodies and persons appearing to him to be interested of the time when and the place where the inquiry is to be held.
3SThe person appointed may by notice in writing require any person—
(a)to attend at the time and place set forth in the notice to give evidence or to produce any books or documents in his custody or under his control which relate to any matter in question at the inquiry; or
(b)to furnish within such reasonable period as is specified in the notice such information relating to any matter in question at the inquiry as the person appointed may think fit and as the person so required is able to furnish:
Provided that—
no person shall be required in obedience to such a notice to attend at any place which is more than ten miles from the place where he resides unless the necessary expenses are paid or tendered to him; and
nothing in this paragraph shall empower the person appointed to hold the inquiry to require any person to produce any book or document or to answer any question which he would be entitled, on the ground of privilege or confidentiality, to refuse to produce or to answer if the inquiry were a proceeding in a court of law.
4SThe person appointed to hold the inquiry may administer oaths and examine witnesses on oath and may accept, in lieu of evidence on oath by any person, a statement in writing by that person supported by a declaration of the truth thereof in such form as the person appointed may require.
5SThe inquiry shall unless the Secretary of State otherwise directs be held in public.
6SAny person who refuses or wilfully neglects to attend in obedience to a notice issued under paragraph 3 above, or who wilfully alters, suppresses, conceals, destroys or refuses to produce any book or document which he may be required to produce by any such notice, or who refuses or wilfully neglects to comply with any requirement of the person appointed to hold the inquiry under paragraph 3 above, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.
7SThe Secretary of State may make orders as to the expenses incurred by the parties appearing at the inquiry and as to the parties by whom such expenses shall be paid.
8SAny order by the Secretary of State under paragraph 7 above requiring any party to pay expenses may be enforced in like manner as [F22an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland.]
Textual Amendments
F22Words substituted by Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18, SIF 45:2), s. 108(1), Sch. 6 para. 22
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Textual Amendments
F23Sch. 1A repealed (1.12.1997) by 1997 c. 59, ss. 5(2)(b), 6(3), Sch. Pt. II (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 1997/2774, art. 2.
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Textual Amendments
F24Sch. 1B repealed (23.3.2001) by 2000 asp 6, s. 55; S.S.I. 2001/102, art. 2
Section 100(1).
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Textual Amendments
2SNo officer of any government department and no person employed by an education authority in any capacity other than that of a teacher shall be qualified to be appointed to [F26an Independent Schools Tribunal by the Secretary of State under paragraph 4 below,] and no person shall be so qualified unless he has had such experience in teaching or in the conduct, management or administration of schools as the Secretary of State considers suitable.
Textual Amendments
F26Words substituted by Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 58), s. 11(b), Sch. 8
3S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27
Textual Amendments
4SWhere any complaint is required to be determined by an Independent Schools Tribunal, the tribunal shall consist of the sheriff principal (or, if he is unable to act, a person qualified for appointment as sheriff principal nominated by the Lord President of the Court of Session), who shall be chairman, and two other members appointed. . . F28 by the Secretary of State,. . . F28
Textual Amendments
F28Words repealed by Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 58), Sch. 9
5SIn this Schedule “sheriff principal” means the sheriff principal of the sheriffdom in which the school to which the complaint relates is situated or, in the case of an appeal against a refusal to remove a disqualification, the sheriff principal of the sheriffdom where the appellant resides.
Section 136(1).
1SWhere any document refers expressly or by implication to an enactment repealed by this Act, the reference shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as, or as including, a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.
2SAny reference in any provision of this Act (whether expressed or implied) to a thing done or falling to be done under a provision of this Act shall, in so far as the context permits, be construed as including, in relation to times, circumstances and purposes in relation to which a corresponding provision of an enactment repealed by this Act had effect, a reference to a thing done or falling to be done under that corresponding provision.
3SAny reference in any enactment or other instrument passed or made before the commencement of the M2Education (Scotland) Act 1969 to special educational treatment shall be construed as a reference to [F29provision for recorded children].
Textual Amendments
F29Words substituted by Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 58), Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 9, Sch. 8
Marginal Citations
4SAny decision, made under the Act of 1962 before the commencement of the said Act of 1969 by an education authority to the effect that a child requires special educational treatment, which is in force at such commencement, shall continue in force and be deemed to be a decision under section 62 of this Act (duly notified to the parents of a child under [F30subsection (2) of that section) to record the child.]
Textual Amendments
F30Words substituted by Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 58), Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 10, Sch. 8
5SThe repeal by the said Act of 1969 of sections 84 and 87 of the Act of 1962 shall not affect the payment after the commencement of this Act of any pension, gratuity or retiring allowance which was payable by virtue of paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to the said Act of 1969 immediately before the commencement of this Act.
6SThe repeal by the said Act of 1969 of section 94 of the Act of 1962 shall not affect the application of that section to any part of the annual revenue of any scheme, being a part to which that section applied immediately before the commencement of the said Act of 1969.
Section 136(2).
Editorial Information
X1The text of Sch. 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
1S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31
Textual Amendments
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Textual Amendments
3SIn section 176(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “child” for the word “1962” there shall be substituted the word “1980”.
4SIn Schedule 3 (variation of fees), in paragraph 1(b) for the words “1962 (c. 47) section 99(1)” there shall be substituted the words “1980 (c. 44) section 84(1)”.
5SIn section 94(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “school age” for the words “32 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962” there shall be substituted the words “31 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980”.
6SIn section 22 (discrimination by bodies in charge of educational establishments), in paragraph 7 of the Table for the words “75(c) or (d) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962” there shall be substituted the words “73(c) or (d) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980”.
7SIn section 23(2) (other discrimination by education authorities), for the words “Acts 1939 to 1980” there shall be substituted the words “Act 1980”.
8SIn section 25 (general duty in public sector of education)—
(a)in subsection (3) for the words “71 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962” and “said section 71” there shall be substituted respectively the words “70 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980” and “said section 70”;
(b)in subsection (5) for the words “68 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962” there shall be substituted the words “67 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.”.
9SIn section 79 (educational endowments to which Part VI of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962 applies)—
(a)for any reference to Part VI of the Act of 1962 there shall be substituted a reference to Part VI of this Act.
(b)in subsections (1)(b) and (4) for the references to sections 121(1) and 68 of the Act of 1962 there shall be substituted respectively references to sections 108(1) and 67 of this Act.
10SIn section 81(3)(b) (orders), for the words “128 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962” there shall be substituted the words “115 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980”.
11SIn section 82(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “education authority”, “educational establishment”, “further education”, “independent school”, “managers”, “proprietor”, “school” and “school education” for the respective references to subsections (16), (17), (21), (23), (26), (37), (42) and (43A) of section 145 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962 there shall be substituted references to section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.
12SIn section 17 (discrimination by bodies in charge of educational establishments), in paragraph 7 of the Table for the words “75(c) or (d) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962” there shall be substituted the words “73(c) or (d) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.”.
13SIn section 18(2) (discrimination by education authorities), for the words “Acts 1939 to 1980” there shall be substituted the words “Act 1980”.
F3314S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F33Sch. 4 para. 14 repealed (2.4.2001) by 2000 c. 34, s. 9(2), Sch. 3 (with s. 10(5)); S.I. 2001/566, art. 2(1)
15SIn section 78(1) (interpretation), in the definitions of “education authority”, “educational establishment”, “further education”, “independent school”, “managers”, “proprietor”, “school” and “school education” for the respective references to subsections (16), (17), (21), (23), (26), (37), (42) and (43A) of section 145 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962 there shall be substituted references to section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.
16SIn section 15(1)(f) (supply of goods and services to local authorities etc.), for the words “5 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962” there shall be substituted the words “1(5)(c) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980”.
17SIn section 39(5) (medical and dental health inspection, supervision and treatment of pupils and young persons), for “1962” there shall be substituted “1980”.
18SIn section 108(1) in the definitions of “education authority” and “full-time education in a school” for “1962” there shall be substituted “1980”.
19SIn paragraph 10(b) of Schedule 15 (saving of amendments), for “154” there shall be substituted “155”.
Section 136(3).
Editorial Information
X2The text of Sch. 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 47. | The Education (Scotland) Act 1962. | The whole Act except sections 136 and 137, subsections (7), (16), (18), (19), (33) and (42) of section 145, section 149(1) and (2) and section 148(2) and Schedule 9 so far as they relate to section 136. |
1963 c. 21. | The Education (Scotland) Act 1963. | The whole Act. |
1964 c. 16. | The Industrial Training Act 1964. | Section 16. |
1964 c. 82. | The Education Act 1964. | Section 5. |
1967 c. 36. | The Remuneration of Teachers (Scotland) Act 1967. | The whole Act. |
1967 c. 80. | The Criminal Justice Act 1967. | Part I of Schedule 3 so far as relating to amendments of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962. |
1968 c. 49. | The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. | Schedule 8 so far as relating to the Education (Scotland) Act 1962. |
1969 c. 49. | The Education (Scotland) Act 1969. | The whole Act. |
1970 c. 44. | The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. | Sections 25 to 27. |
1971 c. 42. | The Education (Scotland) Act 1971. | The whole Act. |
1972 c. 11. | The Superannuation Act 1972. | In Schedule 6, paragraph 42. |
1973 c. 23. | The Education (Work Experience) Act 1973. | The whole Act. |
1973 c. 50. | The Employment and Training Act 1973. | Sections 8, 9 and 10. |
1973 c. 59. | The Education (Scotland) Act 1973. | The whole Act. |
1973 c. 65. | The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. | Section 129. |
Schedule 11. | ||
1975 c. 65. | The Sex Discrimination Act 1975. | Section 79(6). |
1975 c. 71. | The Employment Protection Act 1975. | In Schedule 16, in Part IV, paragraphs 9 and 12. |
1976 c. 20. | The Education (Scotland) Act 1976. | The whole Act. |
1976 c. 65. | The Retirement of Teachers (Scotland) Act 1976. | The whole Act. |
1977 c. 45. | The Criminal Law Act 1977. | Schedule 6 so far as relating to the Education (Scotland) Act 1962. |
1978 c. 29. | The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. | In Schedule 15, in paragraph 10(b) the words “126, 127”. |
In Schedule 16, paragraphs 15 to 18. | ||
1980 c. 20. | The Education Act 1980. | Section 20. |
Section 23. | ||
Section 25. | ||
Section 31(5)-(6). | ||
Section 33(2). | ||
Sections 35, 37 and 38. |
Section 137(3).
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Textual Amendments
[F3516SSection 127(3) and (4).]
Textual Amendments
F35Para. 16 added retrospectively by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), s. 38
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