PART IIIN.I.PROVISION OF EDUCATION

Powers and duties of boards in relation to primary and secondary educationN.I.

F1Duties of boards in relation to certain voluntary schoolsN.I.

8.—(1) Subject to and in accordance with regulations, a board shall, in relation to a maintained school, be responsible for the maintenance of the school premises, for providing and replacing equipment, for employing in accordance with Article 88 persons, other than teachers, required in or about the school and for meeting the cost of doing all such other things as may be necessary for the carrying on of the school except meeting the cost of—

(a)providing new or altering existing school premises;

but such responsibility shall not extend to any part of the school premises used wholly or mainly for boarding purposes or to any expenses incurred in carrying on such part.

[F2(1A) Paragraph (1) does not impose on a board responsibility for any matter which under an approved contract entered into by the trustees of a school maintained by it is the responsibility of the contractor.

(1B) A board shall be responsible for meeting the costs of the trustees of a school maintained by it on foot of an approved contract, and may, for the purposes of this paragraph, make grants to those trustees on such conditions (including conditions as to repayment) as it may determine with the approval of the Department.]

(5) Any question which may arise as to the responsibility or functions of a board under this Article shall be referred to the Department whose decision thereon shall be final.

(6) In this Article “board” in relation to a school means the board for the area in which the school is situated or such other board as the Department may determine.