7.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Head Teacher—
(a)where he excludes from the School a pupil who is under the age of eighteen years, to take (without delay) reasonable steps to inform a parent of the pupil of the period of the exclusion and the reasons for it; and
(b)where he decides that any exclusion of such a pupil from the School which was originally for a fixed period should be made permanent, to take (without delay) reasonable steps to inform a parent of the pupil of his decision and the reasons for it.
(2) Where the Head Teacher excludes any pupil from the School, he shall (without delay) take reasonable steps to inform the pupil, if he is aged eighteen years or over, or, if he is not, a parent of his, that the pupil or (as the case may be) the parent may make representations about the exclusion to the Discipline Committee established in accordance with Article 8(1).
(3) It shall be the duty of the Head Teacher, where he excludes a pupil from the School—
(a)for more than five school days (in the aggregate) in any one school term; or
(b)in such circumstances in which the pupil would, as a result of his exclusion from the School, lose an opportunity to take any public examination,
to inform (without delay) the Discipline Committee established in accordance with Article 8(1) of the period of the exclusion and of the reasons for it, and where he decides that any exclusion of a pupil from the School which was originally for a fixed period should be made permanent, to inform them (without delay) of his decision and the reasons for it.
(4) Where the Head Teacher permanently excludes a pupil from the School, he shall inform (without delay) the local education authority to whose area the pupil belongs.
(5) For the purposes of this Article and Article 8, the Head Teacher shall be taken to have informed the Discipline Committee of a pupil’s exclusion from the School when he has informed the chairman of, or the clerk to, the Discipline Committee of that exclusion.