Regulation 7 Exemption if parents do not respond to the notice of meeting
The governing body is exempt from the obligation imposed by section 33(1) of the 2002 Act to hold an annual parents' meeting in any school year in which it gives to parents with the governors' reportf1 a notice asking parents to state in writing within a specified period of not less than 7 days if they require the governing body to hold an annual parents' meeting and the parents of fewer than 15 registered pupils respond within the specified period.
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Defined by section 30 of the 2002 Act. By regulation 5 of the Education (Governors' Annual Reports) (England) Regulations 1999 (made under that section), the governing body is required to secure that parents of all registered pupils at the school are given a copy of the governors' report and, where there is an obligation on the governing body to hold an annual parents' meeting, copies of the report are to be given to parents not less than two weeks before that meeting.