Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1944

Disqualification for membership of vocational education committees.

2.—(1) Article 12 (except sub-article (9)) of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, as amended by any subsequent enactment, shall apply to vocational education committees and their members in like manner as it applies to councils of counties and their members.

(2) A person shall be disqualified for being elected or appointed or being a member of a vocational education committee if he is concerned by himself or his partner in any bargain or contract entered into with such committee or participates by himself or his partner in the profit of any such bargain or contract or any work done under the authority of such committee.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) of this section, a person shall not be disqualified for being elected or appointed or being a member of a vocational education committee

(a) by reason of his having by himself or his partner received or contracted to receive any benefits or advantages offered to the public in the nature of continuation education and technical education by such committee, or

(b) by reason of being, by himself or his partner interested—

(i) in the sale or lease of any land or in the loan of money to such committee, or

(ii) in any newspaper in which an advertisement relating to the affairs of such committee is inserted, or

(iii) in any contract with such committee as a shareholder in any joint stock company.

(4) The references in this section to a vocational education committee shall be construed as including references to a sub-committee of a vocational education committee.