Explanatory note

This Order makes provision consequential upon the Local Government Act 1972 with regard to the composition of the managing bodies of voluntary primary schools; the terms of office of managers and governors of voluntary schools and of trustees of educational charities who are appointed by local education authorities; and the construction of references to the chief education officers of certain bodies which will cease to exist as a result of the repeal by the Act of Part III of schedule 1 to the Education Act 1944.