The School Boards (Scotland) Regulations 1989

Availability of documents

8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, a School Board shall, as soon as possible, make available at the school for inspection by any person who wishes to see it a copy of each of the following documents:—

(a) the agenda for every meeting of the Board;

(b) the draft minutes of every such meeting if they have been approved by the chairman of the meeting;

(c) the minutes of every such meeting as approved by the Board; and

(d) any report or other document considered at such a meeting.

(2) There may be excluded from any document required to be made available under paragraph (1) above anything relating to the following subjects:—

(a) a particular person employed at, formerly employed at, or who has applied to be employed at, the school;

(b) a particular person who is, has been, or is likely to be, a pupil at the school;

(c) any information which the Board are legally obliged not to disclose; and

(d) any matter which the Board are satisfied should be dealt with on a confidential basis because of its nature.

(3) This regulation shall apply to an Interim School Board and to a committee of a School Board or Interim School Board as it applies to a School Board.