Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Herefordshire Education Action Zone Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st September 1998.

Interpretation

2. In this order-�

"partners" means those persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Order; and

"zone school" means a school listed in Schedule 2 of this Order.

Constitution of education action zone

3. The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Herefordshire Education Action Zone ("the zone") for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

4.-(1) There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone, the membership of which shall include-�

(a)one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body chooses not to make such an appointment;

(b)either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State; and

(c)4 persons appointed by Herefordshire District Council and one person appointed by each of the other partners, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment

(d)3 persons appointed by Herefordshire District Council in addition to those appointed under sub-paragraph (c) (unless they choose not to make such an appointment) each of whom are members of that Council elected for one of the following wards:

• Belmont

• Clehonger

• Hollington

• Hinton

• Merbach

• Golden Valley

• St Martins

• Pontridas

• Kingsthorne

and any person so appointed shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be a member of Herefordshire District Council elected for any of those wards.

(2) Where a partner is an individual he may appoint himself under paragraph (1)(c), but he shall cease to hold office as a member of the Forum if he ceases to hold the office by virtue of which he is a partner.

5.-(1) The Forum may, at any time, appoint not more than 9 additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of-�

(a)businesses in the area served by the zone schools;

(b)the voluntary sector in the area served by the zone schools;

(c)parents of children at the zone schools; and

(d)teachers at the zone schools.

provided that the maximum number of additional members who may be appointed falling within sub-paragraph (c) shall be 3 and the maximum number of additional members who may be appointed falling within sub-paragraph (d) shall be 2.

(2) The Forum may at any time appoint one additional member who at the time of his appointment is employed by the Forum.

(3) A member appointed under paragraph (2) shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be employed by the Forum.

Disqualification from membership of the Forum

6. Articles 7 to 9 shall have effect for the purpose of prescribing the circumstances and cases in which a person is to be disqualified for holding, or continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum.

Disqualification from membership of Forum-bankruptcy etc.

7.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; and a member, on becoming so disqualified, shall give written notice of the fact to the secretary to the Forum.

(2) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease-�

(a)unless the bankruptcy order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and

(b)if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.

(3) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of three years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.

Disqualification from membership of Forum-criminal convictions

8.-(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if-�

(a)within five years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect or since his appointment, he has been convicted, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine;

(b)within twenty years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, he has been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of more than two and a half years; or

(c)he has at any time been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five years.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation there shall be disregarded any conviction by or before a court outside the United Kingdom of an offence in respect of conduct which, if it had taken place in any part of the United Kingdom, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of the United Kingdom.

Disqualification-absence from meetings

9. Any member of the Forum who, without the consent of the Forum has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of a meeting shall, on the expiry of that period, be disqualified for continuing to be a member of the Forum without prejudice however, to his re-appointment.

Chairman's tenure of office

10. The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act, shall hold office for one year from the date of his election (unless he resigns his office earlier), without prejudice to his eligibility to be re-elected for a further such period.

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1MEANING OF "PARTNERS"

The following persons are "partners" for the purposes of appointing additional members of the Forum:

British Telecommunications plc

Tesco Stores Limited

Kington Connect

The Diocesan Board of Education for the diocese of Hereford

The person holding the office of Director of Social Services for Herefordshire County Council

The Hereford and Worcester Chamber of Commerce

Hereford Sixth Form College

The Marches Consortium Ltd.

Herefordshire Education and Business Partnership

Herefordshire Area Health Authority

Herefordshire Group Training Association

The Herefordshire Special Needs Consortium

Herefordshire Community Council

The Chief Constable of the West Mercia Constabulary

Herefordshire District Council

The Hereford and Worcester Careers Services Ltd.

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

Blackmarston Special School

Clehonger CofE Primary School

Clifford Primary School

Ewyas Harold Primary School

Fairfield High School

Garway Primary School

Haywood High School

Holme Lacy Primary School

Hunderton Infant School

Hunderton Junior School

Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School

Kingstone High School

Little Dewchurch Primary School

Longtown Primary School

Madley Primary School

Marlbrook Primary School

Michaelchurch Escley Primary School

Much Birch CofE Primary School

Our Lady's RC Primary School

Peterchurch Primary School

St Martin's Primary School

Wormbridge CofE Primary School

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Herefordshire Education Action Zone, which comprises the schools listed in the Schedule. The Order also provides (in articles 4 and 5) for the membership of the Education Action Forum for the Zone.