EDUCATION, SCOTLAND PART I GENERAL Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Self-Governing Schools (Application and Amendment of Regulations) (Scotland) Regulations 1994, and shall come into force on 22nd March 1994. 2 In these Regulations— “the 1980 Act ” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980; and “the 1989 Act ” means the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989. PART II APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO SELF-GOVERNING SCHOOLS Application of the Schools (Scotland) Code 1956 2 The Schools (Scotland) Code 1956( ) shall be amended by insertion of the following regulation:— SELF-GOVERNING SCHOOLS Application of Code to self-governing schools 24A This Code shall apply to the board of management of a self-governing school as it applies to an education authority, and to a self-governing school as it applies to a public school. . Application of the School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967 3 The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards)(Scotland) Regulations 1967 shall be amended by insertion of the following Part and regulation:— PART V SELF-GOVERNING SCHOOLS Application of Regulations to self-governing schools 27 These Regulations shall apply to the premises and equipment of self-governing schools as they apply to the premises and equipment of public schools. . Application of the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975 4 The Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975( ) shall be amended by insertion of the following Part and regulation:— PART IVA SELF-GOVERNING SCHOOLS Application of Regulations to self-governing schools 13A 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 ; 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. . Application of the Schools (safety and Supervision of Pupils)(Scotland)Regulations 1990 5 The Schools (Safety and Supervision of Pupils)(Scotland)Regulations 1990 shall be amended by insertion of the following regulation:— Application of Regulations to self-governing schools 5 These Regulations shall apply to the board of mangement 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, . Application of the School Pupil Records (Scotland) Regulations 1990 6 The School Pupil Records (Scotland) Regulations 1990 shall be amended by insertion of the following regulation:— Application of Regulations to self-governing schools 11A These Regulations shall apply to the board of management of a self-governing school as they apply to an education authprity, subject to the modifications that— a for the purposes of regualation 3(1) (information to which regulations apply), subject to the following paragraphs of that regulation, the information to which these Regulations apply is personal information which— i is held in a pupil’s progress record kept in accordance with the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975, or in any other record kept, by the board of management of a self-governing school for the purpose of the discharge of their functions under section 7(1) of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland)Act 1989 to provide suitable and efficient school education at the school; and ii relates to a person who receives, or has received, school education provided by the board of management; and b for the purposes of regulation 11 (review of decisions), review of a decision shall be by the board of management, no member of the board who took part in making the decision to be reviewed being present during, or participating in, the review. . Application of the Education (Provision of Information as to Schools)(Scotland) Regulations 1993 7 The Education (Provision of Information as to Schools)(Scotland)Regulations 1993 shall be amended by insertion of the following regulation:— Application of regualtions of self-governing schools 4 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 for the management of which an education authority are responsible, subject to the modification that, for the purposes of paragraph 6 of the Schedule hereto, a self-governing school shall be treated like a school for whcih no School Board is established. . PART III OTHER AMENDMENTS OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO SCHOOLS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF SELF-GOVERNING SCHOOLS Amendment of the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975 8 Regulation 10 (pupils' progress records) of the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975 shall be amended as follows:— a in paragraph (1)(c), for the words “(whether public, grant-aided or independent)”, there shall be substituted the words “(whether public, self-governing, grant-aided or independent)”; and b in paragraph (2), for the words “which is a public or grant-aided school,”, there shall be substituted the words “which is a public, self-governing or grant-aided school,”. Amendment of the Education (School and Placing Information) (Scotland) Regulations 1982 9 Paragraph 2 in Part II (school information) of Schedule 1 to the Education (School and Placing Information) (Scotland) Regulations 1982( ) shall be amended as follows:— a in paragraph (kk)(ii)— i for the words “or which are grant-aided schools”, in both places where they appear, there shall be substituted the words “or which are self-governing or grant-aided schools”; and ii for the words “or a grant-aided special school”, there shall be substituted the words “or a self-governing or grant-aided special school”; b in each of paragraphs (r)(vii) and t(ii), for the words “or which are grant-aided schools”, in both places where they appear, there shall be substituted the words “or which are self-governing or grant-aided schools”; c in paragraph (u), for the words “or are grant-aided schools”, in both places where they appear, there shall be substituted the words “or are self-governing or grant-aided schools”; and d in paragraph (v)— i for the words “or are grant-aided schools”, in both places where they appear, there shall be substituted the words “or are self-governing or grant-aided schools”; and ii for the words “and a grant-aided school”, there shall be substituted the words “and a self-governing or a grant-aided school”. Amendment of the Special Schools (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1990 10 In regulation 3 (making of grants) of the Special Schools (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1990( ), after the words “managers of a special school”, there shall be inserted the words “which is not a self-governing school”. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 16th February 1994