Commentary on Sections Part 2: School Governance Chapter 2: Training for governors and clerks and provision of clerks Section 23 – Duty of local authorities to provide clerks to the governing bodies of maintained schools
51.Regulations under section 23 of the Education Act 2002 provide for the appointment of a clerk to a governing body. Under this section a local authority must inform the body which appoints the clerk that it may ask the local authority to provide a person to act as the clerk. If the body makes such a request, regulations may require the local authority to provide a clerk and for a payment to be made for the provision of the service.