Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Leicester (South and West) 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 Leicester (South and West) Education Action Zone ("the zone") for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

4. 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 school listed in the Schedule, 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)one person appointed by each partner unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment.

5. The Forum may at any time appoint-�

(a)not more than 3 additional members who appear to them to represent the interests of businesses in the area served by the zone schools;

(b)not more than 4 additional members who appear to them to represent the interests of parents of pupils of compulsory school age at the zone schools;

(c)either one or two additional members who appear to them to represent the voluntary sector in the area served by the zone schools;

(d)not more than 4 additional members who appear to them to represent the interests of teachers at zone schools;

(e)not more than 4 additional members who appear to them to represent the interests of head teachers at zone schools;

(f)either one or two additional members who appear to them to represent the interests of pupils of compulsory school age at zone schools;

(g)not more than 3 additional members who appear to them to represent the interest of local public service agencies in the area served by the zone schools; and

(h)not more than 4 members of Leicester City Council who have been elected as members for wards which appear to the Forum to be within the area served by the zone schools.

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:

Leicester City Council, New Walk Centre, Welford Place, Leicester, LE1 6ZG

Leicester TEC, Unit 17, Meridian Business Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE3 2WZ

Leicester University, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH

De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

Leicester Careers and Guidance Services, 166 Fir Tree Lane, Groby, Leicester, LE6 0FH

Leicester Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Commerce House, 4-�6 New Street, Leicester, LE1 5NT

Leicester City Football Club, Filbert Street, Leicester, LE2 7FL

Philharmonia Orchestra, 76 Great Portland Street, London,W1 6HA

The Prince's Trust, PYBT, Enterprise Centre, Boston Road, Leicester, LE4 1HB

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

Alderman Newtons School

Bendbow Rise Infant School

Braunstone Frith Infant School

Braunstone Frith Junior School

Crescent Junior School

Ellesmere College

Forest Lodge Primary School

Marriott Primary School

Mary Linwood School

New Parks Community College

New Parks House Primary School

Newry Junior School

Rolleston Infant School

Rowley Fields Community College

Southfields Infant School

Stokes Wood Primary School

Queensmead Infant School

Queensmead Junior School

Western Park School

Wycliffe Community College

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Leicester (South and West) 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.