Section 134 | Teachers in aided schools.

(1)Where a teacher in a foundation, voluntary aided or foundation special school is dismissed by the governing body of the school in pursuance of a requirement of the local authority under paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Education Act 2002, this Part has effect in relation to the dismissal as if—^F1F2F3

(a)the local authority had at all material times been the teacher’s employer,^F2

(b)the local authority had dismissed him, and^F2

(c)the reason or principal reason for which they did so had been the reason or principal reason for which they required his dismissal.

(2)For the purposes of a complaint under section 111 as it has effect by virtue of subsection (1)—

(a)section 117(4)(a) applies as if for the words “not practicable to comply” there were substituted the words “ not practicable for the local education authority to permit compliance ”, and

(b)section 123(5) applies as if the references in it to the employer were to the local authority.^F2

(3)In this section “ local authority ” has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996.^F4