The Education (Modification of Enactments Relating to Employment) Order 1998

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

(1) “the Act” means the Education Act 1996;

“governing body” means the governing body for the time being of a school which is maintained by a local education authority and references to the local education authority are references to the local education authority by which the school is maintained; and

“school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Act;

(2) references to employment powers are references to the powers as to appointment, suspension, discipline and dismissal of staff conferred by or under sections 136, 137(6) and 139 of, and Schedule 14 and paragraph 19 of Schedule 19 to, the Act; and

(3) references to governing bodies with delegated budgets are references to governing bodies to whom powers as to the expenditure of the budget share of the school for which they are responsible are for the time being delegated by virtue of section 116 of the Act, or to whom powers in relation to the budget shares of new schools are for the time being delegated by section 126 thereof and Schedule 12 thereto, as the case may be.