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Section 2 - The Duties Placed on Local Authorities
These are contained within the Act itself and in the Regulations made under the Act
Statutory requirements - section 14 of the Act
Each education authority should have an appointment process for filling permanent Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher posts. Under the Act each education authority must:
- inform Scottish Ministers and any Parent Council established for a school in their area, of their appointment process;
- involve the Parent Council established for the school to which an appointment is to be made; and
- ensure that there is made available appropriate training for Parent Council members, or their representatives, who are to be involved in the appointment process.
Section 14 of the Act comes into force on 1 st August 2007, and the Scottish Executive will thereafter write to education authorities to seek assurance that procedures have been amended to take account of the Act.
Regulations made under section 14 of the Act
As well as the above duties set out within the Act itself, section 14 (5) allows Scottish Ministers to set out, in regulations, requirements which an appointment process must satisfy. The Act also enables Scottish Ministers, by notice, to require education authorities to make changes to their appointment process so as to meet the requirements set out in the notice.
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