Paragraph 1 of new schedule 12A provides that the School Support Staff Negotiating Body is to be constituted in accordance with arrangements made by the Secretary of State. Under paragraph 1, subsection (2) the Secretary of State must appoint school support staff and school support staff employer representatives to the School Support Staff Negotiating Body in regulations. The Secretary of State must then consult those members before making or revising the arrangements for the body’s constitution. Subsection (5) requires the Secretary of State to consult the Trades Union Congress before appointing school support staff representative members of the body.
	Paragraph 2, new schedule 12A provides that the members of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body must include representatives of the prescribed school support staff and employer organisations and the Secretary of State. They may also include other members who don’t represent school support staff or employer organisations.
	Paragraph 3, new schedule 12A requires the members of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body to include an independent chair.
	Paragraph 4, new schedule 12A requires only those members representing school support staff or employer organisations to have voting rights.
	Paragraph 5, new schedule 12A allows the Secretary of State to provide administrative support to the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
	Paragraph 6, new schedule 12A requires the constitution of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body to provide for the School Support Staff Negotiating Body to issue an annual report about the performance of its functions.
	Paragraph 7, new schedule 12A allows the School Support Staff Negotiating Body’s constitution to make provision in relation to the payment of fees to the independent chair and the payment of expenses incurred by the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
	Paragraph 8, new schedule 12A defines terms used in the schedule.
Part 3: Pay and Conditions in Particular Sectors Chapter 1: School Support Staff Schedule 12A The School Support Staff Negotiating Body