Paragraph 8 City of Aberdeen Educational Endowments Scheme 1985

(1)

The City of Aberdeen Educational Endowments Scheme 1985^f1 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (8), for the words “Grampian Regional Council”, wherever they appear in the Scheme, substitute “Aberdeen City Council”.

(3)

For section 1(2)(a) substitute—

“(a)

three persons to be elected by Aberdeen City Council;”.

(4)

In section 2(2)—

(a)

in paragraph (a), for “Convener of Grampian Regional Council” substitute “Lord Provost of Aberdeen City Council”;

(b)

in paragraph (b), for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

“(i)

three persons to be elected by Aberdeen City Council;”.

(5)

For section 3 substitute—

“Aberdeen City Council

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Aberdeen City Council shall be the governing body for the purposes of executing the functions set forth in Part VI.”.

(6)

In section 4—

(a)

for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)

The elections of trustees under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 1 and of governors under paragraph (b)(i) of subsection (2) of section 2 may be by Aberdeen City Council themselves or any or all such elections may be delegated to a committee of the Council.”;

(b)

in subsection (2), for “Director of Law and Administration” substitute “proper officer”;

(c)

in subsection (3), for “Director of Law and Administration” and “Director” substitute in each case “proper officer”.

(7)

In section 6, delete the words from “provided that” to the end.

(8)

For section 12 substitute—

“Vesting of funds in Aberdeen City Council

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The endowments referred to in sections 62 and 63, which were vested in the Corporation of the City of Aberdeen, then in Grampian Regional Council as statutory successors to that Corporation, and which are now vested in Aberdeen City Council (by virtue of paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Educational Endowments (Grampian Region) Transfer Scheme 1996) shall remain vested in Aberdeen City Council and shall continue to be held by them as separate funds which shall be administered and applied exclusively in accordance with the conditions and provisions of this Scheme. The fund formerly known as the Grampian Regional Council Prize Fund shall be known as the Aberdeen City Council Prize Fund.”.

(9)

For section 20 substitute—

“Business arrangements of Aberdeen City Council

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The business of Aberdeen City Council under sections 62 and 63 may be conducted by the Council themselves or any or all of that business may be delegated to a committee of the Council.”.

(10)

In section 25(iv), for “Grampian Regional Council superannuation fund” substitute “the fund established by regulations under section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972^f2 applicable to former employees of the Trust”.

(11)

In section 64(2), for “Director of Education” substitute “proper officer with responsibility for education”.

(12)

In the Third Schedule—

(a)

in the entry relating to Summerhill Academy Bursary, in column (2), for “City of Aberdeen District area” substitute “area of the former Aberdeen District as it existed immediately before 1st April 1996”; and

(b)

in the entry relating to Secondary School Bursaries for Boys and Girls, in column (2), for “Grampian Region” substitute “area of the former Grampian Region as it existed immediately before 1st April 1996”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Approved by the Court of Session on 17th December 1985, amended by the City of Aberdeen Educational Endowments (Amendment) Schemes 1988 and 1991.
f2: 1972 c. 11.