(1)The constitution of the governing body of every county, controlled and maintained special school shall be reviewed in accordance with the provisions of this section on, or as soon as is reasonably practicable after, the occurrence of any event which is a relevant event in relation to the school.
(2)In this section “relevant event”, in relation to any school, means any of the following—
(a)the implementation of any proposal under—
(i)section 16(1) of the 1944 Act (transfer of schools to new sites);
(ii)section 12(1)(d) of the 1980 Act (alteration of county schools); F1. . .
(iii)section 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Act (alteration of voluntary schools); [F2or
(iv)section 183 of the Education Act 1993 (establishment, etc. of maintained special schools)]
which provides for an increase in the number of registered pupils at the school;
F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)where no relevant event of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a) F4. . . above has occurred in relation to the school before the fourth anniversary of the date on which the current instrument of government for the school was made, that anniversary;
(d)where any relevant event has previously occurred in relation to the school, the fourth anniversary of the latest such event.
(3)Any review which is required by virtue of the occurrence of a relevant event of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or [F5(iv)] of subsection (2) above shall be carried out by the local education authority and any other review which is required by this section shall be carried out by the governing body.
(4)Whenever the local education authority or governing body of a school are required to carry out a review under this section they shall consider whether—
(a)the governing body are properly constituted;
(b)the provision made by the instrument of government for the school is in any respect different from that which a new instrument of government would be required to make.
(5)Where the governing body of a school have carried out a review under this section and have established that the provision made by the instrument of government for the school is in one or more respects different from that which a new instrument of government for the school would be required to make, they shall report the fact to the local education authority.
(6)Where a relevant event of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or [F5(iv)] of subsection (2) above has occurred in relation to any school, the local education authority shall determine the date on which, for the purposes of this section, that event is to be taken to have occurred, and shall notify the governing body accordingly.
F6(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 11(2)(a)(ii) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303(4), 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 91(a), Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch. 2Appendix
F2S. 11(2)(a)(iv) and preceding word inserted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19, para. 91(a); S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch.2
F3S. 11(2)(b) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303(4), 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 91(b), Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch. 2Appendix
F4Words in s. 11(2)(c) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303(4), 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 91(c), Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch. 2Appendix
F5Word in s. 11(3)(6) substituted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19 para. 91(d); S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch.2
F6S. 11(7) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303(4), 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 91(e), Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch. 2Appendix