Cap. 605 ст. 64Board for Educational Matters.       Cap. 490.

(1) There shall be a Board to be known as the Board for Educational Matters with the functions and duties set out in article

8 and any such further function as the Minister may assign to it by regulations made under this Act.

(2) The Board shall be appointed by the Minister and it shall be composed of five (5) members. The Board shall be chaired by a chairperson who, in the opinion of the Minister, has adequate knowledge on matters related to the education of children, and who shall be a person who has the necessary experience to be appointed a magistrate. The members of the Board shall include a parent representative, an educator, a professional from the psycho-social field and an expert in the specific field of inclusive education.

(3) The Board shall be constituted after the Minister would have sought the agreement of the Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability as to ensuring that it includes the disability perspective required in terms of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

(4) The members of the Board shall be appointed for three

(3) years but when such term expires they may be reappointed.

(5) Any member of the Board may be removed from office by the Minister on grounds of inability to perform the functions of the office, professional misconduct or misbehaviour.

(6) Subject to the provisions of this Part and to any regulations made hereunder, the Board shall regulate its own procedure.

(7) The Board shall appoint experts as, in its opinion, may be required in particular cases.

(8) Any decision of the Board shall be taken by a majority of votes; however in the case of an equality of votes, the Chairperson shall have a casting vote.

(9) Decisions of the Board shall be in writing and shall be communicated to all involved parties.

(10) The Minister shall designate an officer of the Division to act as Secretary to the Board. The Secretary to the Board shall have no vote.

(11) There shall be no need of legal assistance to appear before the Board and the Board shall operate in such a manner as not to make legal assistance necessary.

(12) Where the Division or the parent of a minor feels aggrieved by the decision of the Board an appeal may be lodged to the

Administrative Review Tribunal within twenty-one (21) days of the decision given by the Board in accordance with the provisions of the

Administrative Justice Act and any applicable regulations made thereunder.

(13) Notwithstanding that an appeal has been instituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-article (12), the decision of the Board shall be executed pending the final decision of any appeal that may be made from the decision of the Administrative Review Tribunal.