School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988 (repealed)

SupplementaryS

21 Public money.S

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a)any expenses of the Secretary of State under this Act; and

(b)any increase in the sums so payable under any other enactment.

22 Interpretation.S

(1)Except where express provision is made to the contrary, expressions used in this Act and in the M11980 Act shall have the same meaning in this Act as is given to them by section 135(1) of that Act.

(2)In this Act—

• “appointment committee” has the meaning given in Schedule 2 to this Act;

• F1. . .

• “combined school” has the meaning given in section 7 of this Act;

• “co-opted members” has the meaning given in section 2(1)(c) of this Act;

• [F2 “councillor” means a councillor elected under section 5 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]

• “denominational school” has the meaning given in section 2(7) of this Act;

• [F3 “electoral ward” shall be construed in accordance with section 5 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]

• “financial year” means the financial year of a local authority in terms of the 1973 Act;

• F4. . .

• “parent” in relation to a pupil means his natural parent or any other natural person who is his guardian, who has custody of him or who is liable to maintain him;

• “parent members” has the meaning given in section 2(1)(a) of this Act;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• “pupil” does not include any person over the age of 18 years;

• F4. . .

• “school” means a public school other than a nursery school;

• “School Board” has the meaning given in section 1 of this Act;

• “staff members” has the meaning given in section 2(1)(b) of this Act;

• “the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; and

• “the 1980 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.

23 Regulations and minor and consequential amendments.S

(1)Any power of the Secretary of State to make regulations under this Act shall be exercised by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(2)Regulations under this Act may make different provision for different cases or different circumstances and may contain such incidental, supplemental or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(3)The enactments specified in Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, being minor amendments and amendments consequential upon the provisions of this Act.

24 Short title, commencement and extent.S

(1)This Act may be cited as the School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988.

(2)This Act, except this section, shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different dates may be so appointed for different purposes.

(3)This Act extends to Scotland only.