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School Standards and Framework Act 1998, Cross Heading: Indemnity is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
7(1)Any local education authority or governing body required to make arrangements under section 94(1) or (2) shall indemnify the members of any appeal panel required to be constituted for the purposes of those arrangements against any reasonable legal costs and expenses reasonably incurred by those members in connection with any decision or action taken by them in good faith in pursuance of their functions as members of that panel.
(2)Where any such panel is constituted in accordance with—
(a)paragraph 1 as it applies by virtue of paragraph 4, or
(b)paragraph 2 as it applies by virtue of paragraph 3,
any liability arising under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be a joint and several liability of the bodies by whom the joint arrangements are made unless otherwise previously agreed in writing between those bodies.
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