School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013

Interpretation of Schedule

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1(1)In this Schedule—

  • “the appropriate authority” (“yr awdurdod priodol”) means—

    (a)

    where this Schedule applies by virtue of a notice under section 7, the local authority that gave the notice, and

    (b)

    where this Schedule applies by virtue of a notice under section 14, the Welsh Ministers;

  • “existing governors” (“llywodraethwyr presennol”), in relation to a school in respect of which a notice under section 7 or 14 has been given, means the governors who hold office immediately before the governing body becomes constituted in accordance with this Schedule;

  • “the interim period” (“y cyfnod interim”), in relation to a school in respect of which a notice under section 7 or 14 has been given, means the period during which the governing body is constituted in accordance with this Schedule;

  • “a normally constituted governing body” (“corff llywodraethu a gyfansoddwyd yn normal”) means a governing body constituted in accordance with regulations made by virtue of section 19 of the Education Act 2002 (governing bodies).

(2)In this Schedule any reference to the discontinuance of a maintained school is a reference to the local authority ceasing to maintain it.