# The Education (Modification of Enactments Relating to Employment) Order 1989, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
(1) “the Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988;
“governing body” means the governing body for the time being of an institution which provides higher education or further education (or both) and which is maintained by a local education authority or of a school which is so maintained, and references in relation to governing bodies to the local education authority are references to the local education authority by which the institution or school is maintained; and
“school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 114 of the Education Act 1944;
(2) references to employment powers are references to the powers as to appointment, suspension, discipline and dismissal of staff conferred by or under sections 44, 45, 46, 148 and 149 of, and Schedule 3 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to, the Act; and
(3) references to governing bodies with delegated budgets are references to governing bodies to whom powers as to the expenditure of the budget share of the school or institution for which they are responsible are for the time being delegated by virtue of sections 36 or 142 of the Act, or to whom powers in relation to the budget shares of new schools are for the time being delegated by section 48 thereof and Schedule 4 thereto, as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/901/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-modification-of-enactments-relating-to-employment-order-1989/article-2
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