The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2010

SECTION 2 Public bodies: groups

Groups and members

6.  In relation to public bodies—

“group” means those public bodies which are members of a group—

(a)

as provided by paragraphs 7 to 9;

(b)

further to—

(i)

a government decision under paragraph 14;

(ii)

a local authority decision under paragraph 16;

or

(c)

as provided under article 20 for the purposes of that article or under article 21;

“member” means a public body which is part of a group together with one or more other public bodies.

Bodies corporate

7.  Subject to a government decision under paragraph 14, where a body corporate is a public body and where the majority member is—

(a) a government department, that body is a member of a group with that department;

(b) the Scottish Ministers, that body is a member of a group with the Ministers;

(c) the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the Counsel General, that body is a member of a group with the Welsh Assembly Government;

(d) a relevant Northern Ireland department, that body is a member of a group with the relevant department.

Educational bodies: England and Wales

8.—(1) In England and Wales—

(a) where a public body is the governing body of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school, that public body is member of a group with the local authority which maintains the school;

(b) a public body described in paragraph 4(1) is a member of a group with the local authority which exercises educational functions in the area in which the Academy or college is situated.

(2) In this paragraph, the following have the same meanings given to them in the 2000 Act—

“local authority”;

“maintained nursery school”;

“maintained school(1)”.

Grant-aided schools: Northern Ireland

9.—(1) This paragraph applies in Northern Ireland and to a public body which is a grant-aided school within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(2) (“a grant-aided school”).

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), a grant-aided school is a member of a group with the Education and Library Board(3) which funds that school.

(3) Where the Education and Skills Authority has been established(4), subject to sub-paragraph (4), a grant-aided school is a member of a group with that Authority.

(4) Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply in respect of a phase where that phase has commenced before the Authority is established.

(1)

The definitions of “maintained nursery school” and “maintained school” in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) derive from the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31).

(2)

S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3). The definition of “grant-aided” under Article 2(2) was amended by the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20)).

(3)

Boards are established under Article 3 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.

(4)

The Northern Ireland Assembly Education Bill 3/08 makes provision for the establishment of the Education and Skills Authority.