Regulation 4 Duty to advertise for lay members

(1)

In this regulation—

(a)

“appropriate authority” means the body or (as the case may be) the bodies responsible for making the arrangements described in regulation 3;

(b)

“lay member” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(3) or 2(3) of Schedule 1.

(2)

The appropriate authority shall during the periods referred to in paragraph (3), secure the publication of an advertisement for lay members of appeal panels constituted in accordance with any of the paragraphs of Schedule 1.

(3)

The advertisement referred to in paragraph (2) shall be published before the end of the three year period starting when the last advertisement was published under the Education (Lay Members of Appeal Committees) Regulations 1994^f1 and thereafter in every three year period following the date upon which an advertisement (or the final advertisement or series of advertisements) was last published in accordance with this regulation.

(4)

The advertisement referred to in paragraph (2) above shall—

(a)

identify by name, class, or general description the schools served by the appeal panels to which the advertisement refers;

(b)

be placed in at least one local newspaper circulating in the area in which the schools identified in the advertisement are situated;

(c)

allow a period of at least 21 days from the date of publication of the advertisement for replies.

(5)

Before appointing any lay members the appropriate authority shall consider any eligible persons who have applied to the authority in response to the most recent advertisement or series of advertisements placed in pursuance of paragraph (2) indicating that they wish to be considered for such appointment.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1994/1303.