{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-in-scotlands-schools-etc-act-2000/section-8",
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  "legislation": "asp/2000/6",
  "legislation_title": "Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-in-scotlands-schools-etc-act-2000",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Delegation schemes",
  "text": "(1) An education authority shall have a scheme for delegating to the headteacher of a school—\n(a) managed by them; and\n(b) of a category of school which is stated in the scheme to be covered by the scheme,\nmanagement of that share of the authority’s budget for a financial year which is available for allocation to individual schools and is appropriated for the school; or management of part of that share.\n(2) The scheme—\n(a) shall delegate to the headteacher the preparation of the school improvement plan; and\n(b) may also so delegate such other management functions in relation to the school as the authority think fit.\n(3) The scheme shall require that the headteacher exercise the delegated functions in a manner consistent with the education authority’s duties under section 3(2) of this Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 8(2)(a) substituted (1.8.2017) by Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8), ss. 3(6), 33(2); S.S.I. 2017/164, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/6/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:26.167957+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}