Regulation 4 Application of the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975

The Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975(^f1) shall be amended by insertion of the following Part and regulation:—

“PART IVA

SELF-GOVERNING SCHOOLS

Application of Regulations to self-governing schools

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These Regulations shall apply to the board of management of a self-governing school and the school under their management, as they apply to an education authority and a school under the management of an education authority, subject to the modifications that—

(a)

for any reference to an education authority discharging their functions under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (“the 1980 Act”), there shall be substituted a reference to the board of management of a self-governing school discharging their functions under the Self-governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”);

(b)

for any reference to a right or wish to refer, or to a reference of, a decision to exclude a pupil in accordance with section 28H of the 1980 Act to an appeal committee set up and maintained under section 28D of that Act, there shall be substituted a reference to a right or wish to refer, or to a reference of, as the case may be, a decision to exclude a pupil in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act to the appeal committee constituted for the school under the articles of management of the school^f2; and

(c)

for any reference to the decision of an appeal committee on a reference under subsection (1) of the said section 28H, or to the decision of a sheriff on appeal under subsection (6) of that section, there shall be substituted respectively a reference to the decision of the appeal committee on a reference under paragraph 3 of the said Schedule 2 and a reference to the decision of a sheriff on appeal under paragraph 6 of that Schedule.”.