{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diocesan-boards-of-education-measure-2021/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diocesan-boards-of-education-measure-2021/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/2021/1",
  "legislation_title": "Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diocesan-boards-of-education-measure-2021",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Director of education",
  "text": "(1) For each diocese, there is to continue to be a director of education.\n(2) The director of education for a diocese is appointed by the bishop of the diocese after consultation with the DBE.\n(3) Each person who is the director of education for a diocese immediately before the commencement of this section continues as such after that commencement in accordance with the terms of the person's appointment; but, after the commencement of section 3(10) and Schedule 2, this subsection has effect subject to subsection (5) of this section.\n(4) The person who is the director of education for a diocese—\n(a) serves also as secretary to the DBE for the diocese, but\n(b) is not a member of the DBE, and\n(c) where the DBE is a separately registered charity, is not a charity trustee of the DBE.\n(5) Where there is a joint DBE, there is a single director of education for both or all of the dioceses appointed by the diocesan bishops concerned acting jointly; and subsection (4) accordingly applies to both or all of the dioceses.\n(6) The director of education for a diocese may speak at any meeting of the DBE but may not vote.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2021/1/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:10.687434+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}