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PART VUnfair Dismissal

Teachers in aided schools

80Teacher in aided school dismissed on requirement of local education authority

(1)Where a teacher in an aided school is dismissed by the governors or managers of the school in pursuance of a requirement of the local education authority under paragraph (a) of the proviso to section 24(2) of the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944, this Part shall have effect in relation to the dismissal as if—

(a)the local education authority had at all material times been the teacher's employer, and

(b)the local education authority had dismissed him, and the reason or principal reason for which they did so had been the reason or principal reason for which they required his dismissal.

(2)For the purposes of a complaint under section 67 as applied by this section—

(a)section 71(2)(b) shall have effect as if for the words " not practicable to comply" there were substituted the words " not practicable for the local education authority to permit compliance "; and

(b)section 74(5) shall have effect as if any reference to the employer were a reference to the local education authority.