{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-39/paragraph-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-39/paragraph-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/39/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a grant-maintained school where—\n(a) the governing body of the school were incorporated under Chapter IV of Part I of the Education Reform Act 1988; and\n(b) the school was a voluntary school before it became grant-maintained.\n(2) Schedule 24 to this Act shall apply in relation to the school with the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 13—\n“13 “Foundation governor” means—\n(a) a person appointed otherwise than by a local authority for the purpose of securing, so far as is practicable, that the established character of the school at the time when it became grant-maintained is preserved and developed and, in particular, that the school is conducted in accordance with the provisions of any trust deed relating to it; or\n(b) a person selected under section 66, or nominated under section 68, of the Education Reform Act 1988 for the purpose referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 7(2) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1988 c. 40."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/39/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:40.627017+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."
}