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The Schools General (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987

S.I. 1987/290 · Made 23 February 1987

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EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

Made 23rd February 1987

Laid before Parliament 9th March 1987

Coming into force 1st April 1987

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 44.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the principal regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Schools General (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1987.

2Amendment of the principal regulations

For regulation 5 of the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975f1 there shall be substituted the following regulation:–

“Minimum number of school days

5

An education authority shall, except where prevented by circumstances outwiththeir control, secure that every school under their management shall be open for at least–

(a)

198 school days (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) in the school year which ends on 31st July 1987; and

(b)

190 school days (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) in each subsequent school year.”

Signature

John J. MacKay

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Scottish Office

New St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

23rd February 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations reduce from 200 to 198 days the minimum number of school days that an education authority school in Scotland must be open during the school year 1986/1987. They further reduce to 190 the minimum number of school days that such a school must be open during 1987/1988 and subsequent school years. A school year runs from 1st August in one year to 31st July in the next.