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Education Act 1996

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391 Functions of advisory councils.

(1) The purposes referred to in section 390(1) are— (a) to advise the local authority on such matters connected with— (i) religious worship in community schools or in foundation schools which (within the meaning of Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998) do not have a religious character, and (ii) the religious education to be given in accordance with an agreed or other syllabus in accordance with Schedule 19 to that Act, as the authority may refer to the council or as the council may see fit, and (b) to carry out the functions conferred on them by section 394. (2) The matters referred to in subsection (1)(a) include, in particular, methods of teaching, the choice of materials and the provision of training for teachers. (3) The representative groups on the council required by section 390(4), other than the group consisting of persons appointed to represent the authority, may at any time require a review of any agreed syllabus for the time being adopted by the authority. (4) Each representative group concerned shall have a single vote on the question of whether to require such a review. (5) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 31 has effect to require the authority, on receiving written notification of any such requirement, to cause a conference constituted in accordance with that Schedule to be convened for the purpose of reconsidering any agreed syllabus to which the requirement relates. (6) The council shall in each year publish a report as to the exercise of their functions and any action taken by representative groups on the council under subsection (3) during the last preceding year. (7) The council’s report shall in particular— (a) specify any matters in respect of which the council have given advice to the authority, (b) broadly describe the nature of the advice given, and (c) where any such matter was not referred to the council by the authority, give the council’s reasons for offering advice on that matter. (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) A council for an area in Wales must send a copy of each report published by them under subsection (6) to the Welsh Ministers.

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391 Functions of advisory councils.

(1) The purposes referred to in section 390(1) are— (a) to advise the local authority on such matters connected with— (i) religious worship in community schools or in foundation schools which (within the meaning of Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998) do not have a religious character, and (ii) the religious education to be given in accordance with an agreed or other syllabus in accordance with Schedule 19 to that Act, as the authority may refer to the council or as the council may see fit, and (b) to carry out the functions conferred on them by section 394. (2) The matters referred to in subsection (1)(a) include, in particular, methods of teaching, the choice of materials and the provision of training for teachers. (3) The representative groups on the council required by section 390(4), other than the group consisting of persons appointed to represent the authority, may at any time require a review of any agreed syllabus for the time being adopted by the authority. (4) Each representative group concerned shall have a single vote on the question of whether to require such a review. (5) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 31 has effect to require the authority, on receiving written notification of any such requirement, to cause a conference constituted in accordance with that Schedule to be convened for the purpose of reconsidering any agreed syllabus to which the requirement relates. (6) The council shall in each year publish a report as to the exercise of their functions and any action taken by representative groups on the council under subsection (3) during the last preceding year. (7) The council’s report shall in particular— (a) specify any matters in respect of which the council have given advice to the authority, (b) broadly describe the nature of the advice given, and (c) where any such matter was not referred to the council by the authority, give the council’s reasons for offering advice on that matter. (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) A council for an area in Wales must send a copy of each report published by them under subsection (6) to the Welsh Ministers.

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