{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1993-repealed/section-78",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1993-repealed/section-78.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/35",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1993 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1993-repealed",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Initial governors for new grant-maintained schools.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in relation to any governing body to be incorporated under Chapter IV.\n(2) Regulations shall make provision for the appointment of the persons who are to be the initial governors and, in particular, shall require each appointing authority—\n(a) to obtain the Secretary of State’s consent before making any appointment, and\n(b) to notify the Secretary of State before the incorporation date of the appointments to all the initial governorships for which the authority is the appointing authority.\n(3) In subsection (2) above, the “appointing authority” in relation to any appointment, means the person entitled to make the appointment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 78 applied (1.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/653, reg. 15"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/35/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:55.204351+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}