The Scottish Government

Reduction in numbers of any category of member

7. (1) Where the number of parent, staff or co-opted members requires to be reduced, or the Board is to cease to have staff members, the education authority shall proceed in accordance with this regulation.

(2) The education authority shall -

(a) refrain from holding a by-election for any casual vacancy among parent members, where such a by-election is not necessary to make up the reduced number of parent members; and

(b) hold the first biennial election of parent members after the obligation to make arrangements to adjust arose in respect only of those vacancies which need to be filled to make up the reduced number of parent members.

(3) The education authority shall -

(a) refrain from holding a by-election for any casual vacancy among staff members, where such a by-election is not necessary to make up the reduced number of staff members or the Board is to cease to have staff members;

(b) where a quadrennial election of staff members falls due at the same time as the first biennial election of parent members after the obligation to make arrangements to adjust arose, hold that quadrennial election in respect only of those vacancies which need to be filled to make up the reduced number of staff members, and hold no such election where the Board is to cease to have staff members; and

(c) where necessary direct that the School Board shall remove from office such number of staff members as is necessary to effect the adjustment, the members to be removed being determined, failing agreement among the staff members, by the drawing of lots.

(4) The education authority shall -

(a) direct that the School Board shall not co-opt persons to fill vacancies for co-opted members, where such co-option is not necessary to make up the reduced number of co-opted members; and

(b) where necessary, direct that the School Board shall remove from office such number of co-opted members as is necessary to effect the adjustment, the members to be removed being determined by the School Board, meeting for this purpose without its co-opted members.