School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988

7 Combined schools

(1) Where a school is constituted by the amalgamation of 2 or more existing schools, it shall be known as a “combined school” for the purposes of this Act, whether or not it—

(a) occupies the buildings previously used by; or

(b) is called by the same name as,

one of the schools it replaces.

(2) Where a decision has been taken by an education authority to constitute a combined school, the members of the School Boards of the existing schools shall, meeting together, constitute an Interim School Board which shall have the functions given to a School Board by the provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection (5) below in relation to the combined school.

(3) In the event of any of the School Boards for the schools constituting the combined school ceasing to exist (before a School Board are established for the combined school), the members of that School Board shall remain members of the Interim Board, but no vacancy arising in their membership shall be filled.

(4) An Interim Board shall cease to exist when a School Board have been established for the combined school.

(5) Sections 3(4) and (5), 4 to 6, 8 to 14 and 17 to 19 of this Act shall (with the necessary modifications) apply to an Interim Board as they apply to a School Board.