PART VIIISCHOOLS—GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER IMANAGEMENT OF GRANT‐AIDED SCHOOLS
Co‐option of persons to Board of Governors of grant‐aided school122
1
The voting members of the Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school may co‐opt not more than three persons to be members of the Board of Governors of the school.
2
It shall be the duty of the voting members in co‐opting any person to be a member of the Board of Governors to co‐opt a person who appears to them to be a member of the local business community if it appears to the voting members—
a
that no member of the Board of Governors is a member of the local business community; or
b
that it is desirable to increase the number of members of the Board of Governors who are members of that community.
3
In this Article “voting members”
a
in relation to the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school, has the same meaning as in Schedule 5;
b
in relation to the Board of Governors of a school to which Schedule 7 to the principal Order applies, means the members of the Board of Governors referred to in paragraph 2(1)(a), (b) and (c) of that Schedule;
c
in relation to the Board of Governors of any other grant‐aided school, has the meaning assigned to it for the purposes of whichever of Schedules 4, 5F1 or 6 to the principal Order applies in relation to the membership of that Board of Governors.