Regulation 4 Transitional provision in relation to schools organised in accordance with section 132

(1)

This regulation applies where immediately before 1st September 1999 a school is a relevant school.

(2)

In the period commencing on 1st September 1999 and ending immediately before the relevant date in relation to such a school–

(a)

the school may continue to be organised in two or more separate departments, each with a head teacher;

(b)

a person holding the post of head teacher of a department of the school may continue in that post; and

(c)

any provision made by or under the 1996 Act or the 1998 Act which confers functions on or in relation to the head teacher of the school shall have effect as if each department were a separate school.

(3)

On the relevant date in relation to such a school–

(a)

the provisions of paragraph (2) shall cease to have effect in relation to the school;

(b)

any post of head teacher of a department of the school shall cease to exist; and

(c)

there shall be a single post of head teacher of the school.