# Education Act 2002, Section 23: Clerk to the governing body


Regulations may make provision—
(a) requiring the appointment of a clerk to the governing body of a maintained school and authorising or requiring the appointment of clerks to committees of the governing body;
(b) prescribing the body by whom any such appointment is to be made and any restrictions or other requirements relating to any such appointment;
(c) as to the dismissal of any such clerk and the procedure to be followed in connection with his dismissal;
(d) authorising the governing body or a committee of the governing body, where the clerk fails to attend a meeting of theirs, to appoint one of their number to act as clerk for the purposes of the meeting.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-23
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