Regulation 51 Clerks to committees
In establishing any committee referred to in regulations 47, 48 or 49, the governing body shall appoint a clerk to the committee.
In establishing any other committee, the governing body may appoint a clerk to the committee.
The governing body of a school may dismiss any clerk appointed by them under paragraph (1).
On and after 1st April 2000—
the clerk to any committee referred to in regulation 47, 48 or 49 shall not be a member of the governing body or a member of the committee concerned; and
the head teacher shall not serve as clerk to any committee referred to in regulation 47, 48 or 49.
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a committee of the governing body may, where their clerk fails to attend a meeting of theirs, appoint any one of their number to act as clerk for the purposes of that meeting.