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Article 153 Appointment of teachers by the AuthorityF1F2

Northern Ireland

(1)

Each board shall prepare, and may from time to time revise, a scheme providing for the procedures to be followed in relation to the appointment by the Authority of—

(a)

teachers to posts in controlled schools; and

(b)

peripatetic teachers.

F3(2)

A scheme under paragraph (1) may provide—

(a)

for any specified functions of the Authority under the scheme to be exercised by committees of the Authority (“teaching appointments committees”);

(b)

for a teaching appointments committee to include persons who are not members of the Authority; and

(c)

for a teaching appointments committee to exercise functions on behalf of, and in the name of, the Authority.

(3)

Before preparing or revising a scheme under paragraph (1) the Authority shall consult the Board of Governors of every controlled school.

(4)

A scheme prepared or revised under paragraph (1) does not come into force unless approved by the Department.

(5)

It shall be the duty of the Authority to give effect to a scheme or revised scheme for the time being in force under paragraph (1).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

1998 NI 13

F2

Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)

F3

Art. 153(2)-(5) substituted for art. 153(2)-(4) (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 11(18) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)