{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-council-scotland-election-scheme-1989-approval-order-1989/schedule/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-council-scotland-election-scheme-1989-approval-order-1989/schedule/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2308",
  "legislation_title": "The Teaching Council (Scotland) Election Scheme 1989 Approval Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-council-scotland-election-scheme-1989-approval-order-1989",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Voting categories",
  "text": "For the purposes of an election under this Scheme—\n(a) there shall be four voting categories each of which bears the number specified in relation thereto in column (1) of the following Table and corresponds to that one of the categories of educational establishment mentioned in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 to the Act which is specified in relation thereto in column (2) of the said Table;\n(b) the teachers eligible to stand for election in a voting category are those specified in relation to that category in column (3) of the said Table; and\n(c) the number of Council members to be elected in a voting category are those specified in relation thereto in column (4) of the said Table:—\nTABLE\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nNo. of voting category\nCategory of employment\nTeachers eligible to stand for election\nNo. of Council Members to be elected in voting category\nI\nColleges of education\nTeachers employed in colleges of education\n1\nII\nFurther education centres\nTeachers employed in further education centres\n3\nIII\nSecondary schools and departments\nTeachers employed in secondary schools and departments\n11\nIV\nPrimary schools and departments\nTeachers employed in primary schools and departments\n11\nTotal\n26",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1702",
      "affecting_title": "The Teaching Council (Scotland) Election Amendment Scheme 1994 Approval Order 1994"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2308/schedule/paragraph/4",
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  },
  "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."
}