Common use of National Arrangements Clause in Contracts

National Arrangements. There will be a new national negotiating committee, to be known as the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT). The Committee will be fully tripartite (i.e. will have representation from the Teaching Unions, COSLA and the Scottish Executive) and will carry out its functions as follows: • The Teacher Unions will have 11 representatives, COSLA will have 8 and the Scottish Executive 3 (membership will be a matter for determination by each side); • The Committee will reach agreements covering pay and national conditions of service and will receive information from the local negotiating committees on agreements reached at Council level; and • The Committee will establish an appeals mechanism to permit disputes on the interpretation of national agreements to be settled at national level. A copy of the agreed constitution for the SNCT is attached at Annex G.