requiring the appointment of a clerk to the governing body of a maintained school and authorising or requiring the appointment of clerks to committees of the governing body;

prescribing the body by whom any such appointment is to be made and any restrictions or other requirements relating to any such appointment;

as to the dismissal of any such clerk and the procedure to be followed in connection with his dismissal;

authorising the governing body or a committee of the governing body, where the clerk fails to attend a meeting of theirs, to appoint one of their number to act as clerk for the purposes of the meeting.