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60.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (12), in respect of any period during which any special school is not covered by a scheme, it shall be the duty of [F1the Authority] to make available a sum of money which the Board of Governors of the school is to be entitled to spend at its discretion during that period (but subject to paragraph (2)) on such heads of expenditure as [F1the Authority] may specify or as the Department may direct.
(2) A Board of Governors to which any sum is made available under this Article—
(a)shall comply in spending that sum with such reasonable conditions as [F1the Authority] thinks fit to impose; and
(b)may delegate to the principal, to such extent as it may specify, its powers in relation to that sum.
(3) The members of the Board of Governors of a school shall not incur any personal liability in respect of anything done in good faith in the exercise or purported exercise of any power under paragraph (2).
(4) Where a new special school is established and is not covered by a scheme, paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to the school until such date as the Department may direct.
(5) Before specifying any heads of expenditure under paragraph (1), [F1the Authority] shall consult the Board of Governors of every special school appearing to it to be concerned and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools and before giving any directions under paragraph (1), the Department shall consult [F2the Authority], the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools and any other person with whom consultation appears to it to be desirable.
(6) Where it appears to [F1the Authority] that a Board of Governors to which any sum is made available under this Article—
(a)has been guilty of a substantial or persistent failure to comply with any conditions imposed on it under paragraph (2)(a); or
(b)is not managing the appropriation or expenditure of the sum in a satisfactory manner,
[F1the Authority] may suspend the Board of Governors' right under paragraph (1) to have a sum of money made available to it by giving the Board of Governors (subject to paragraph (8)) not less than one month's notice of suspension.
(7) A notice under paragraph (6) shall specify the grounds for the proposed suspension, giving particulars of any alleged failure on the part of the Board of Governors to comply with any conditions imposed on it under paragraph (2)(a) or of any alleged mismanagement on its part.
(8) A copy of the notice shall be given to—
(a)the principal of the school;
(b)the Department; and
(c)where the school is a Catholic maintained school, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools,
at the same time as the notice is given to the Board of Governors.
(9) [F1The Authority] may suspend the right mentioned in paragraph (6) of any Board of Governors to which it has given notice under that paragraph before the expiry of the period of notice if it appears to [F1the Authority]to be necessary to do so by reason of gross incompetence or mismanagement on the part of the Board of Governors or other emergency.
(10) [F1The Authority] may withdraw a notice given under paragraph (6) at any time before the expiry of the period of notice.
(11) If [F1the Authority] exercises its power under paragraph (9) or (10), it shall immediately give written notification of its action and, in the case of action under paragraph (9), of the reasons for it to—
(a)the Board of Governors and principal of the school;
(b)the Department; and
(c)where the school is a Catholic maintained school, the Council for Catholic Maintained School.
(12) During any period when a Board of Governors' right mentioned in paragraph (6) is suspended under this Article, the duty of [F3the Authority] under paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to that Board of Governors.
(13) Articles 56 and 57 shall apply in relation to a suspension under this Article as they apply in relation to a suspension under Article 55.
F1Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F2Words in art. 60(5) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 20(3) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F3Words in art. 60(12) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 20(4) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
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