Paragraph 9 Clerks at degrouping schools

In this regulation “grouped school” means any school treated for the purposes of the School Organisation Regulations as a school grouped under section 89 or 280 of the Education Act 1996 immediately before 1st September 1999 and “grouped governing body” means the governing body of such a school as constituted under the 1996 Act or regulation 49 of the School Organisation Regulations, as the case may be.

The person who was the clerk to the grouped governing body shall act as clerk to each governing body constituted under an instrument of government who succeed them in accordance with the School Organisation Regulations, pending the appointment of each such governing body’s clerk.