Education (Scotland) Act 1996

7 In section 20 (non-establishment and disestablishment of Boards)—

(a) in subsection (5)—

(i) for the words “any election under section 2 of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “a regular election”;

(ii) for the words “that section” there shall be substituted the words “section 2 of this Act”; and

(iii) for the words “as soon as practicable” there shall be substituted the words “not later than three months after that election”;

(b) for subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(6) Where a by-election is required to be held under subsection (5) above or subsection (5) of section 2A of this Act and—

(a) no person is elected as a parent member; and

(b) no person is co-opted in pursuance of section 2B(3) of this Act,

the School Board shall not be established or, in the case of a Board which has been established, it shall be disestablished.”

(c) in subsection (7) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(b) in any event, at the time required by section 2A(1) of this Act.”