Article 69 Salaries and other terms and conditions of employment of teachersF1

the rates of salaries and the allowances which are to be paid to teachers to whom this Article applies; and

the other terms and conditions of employment of such teachers,

teachers employed in grant-aided schools;

peripatetic teachers.

such representatives of employing authorities and such representatives of teachers as appear to it to be concerned; and

any other person with whom consultation appears to it to be desirable.

in relation to teachers employed in controlled schoolsF2. . . , F3the Authority F4...;

in relation to teachers employed by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, that Council;

in relation to teachers employed in a voluntary school (other than a Catholic maintained school), the Board of Governors of that school;

in relation to teachers employed in a grant-maintained integrated school, the Board of Governors of the school;

in relation to peripatetic teachers, the Authority F5....

shall be made in writing;

shall be published in such manner as the Department or, as the case may be, the body or person making the determination thinks fit;

may contain such transitional and supplementary provisions as the Department or, as the case may be, that body or person thinks fit; and

may have effect from a date earlier than the date on which it is made.

where that rate of salary or allowance falls in accordance with directions under paragraph (3) to be determined by a body or person specified in those directions, the decision of that body or person shall, except on a question of law, be final;

in any other case, the decision of the Department shall, except on a question of law, be final.