# Education Act 1996, Paragraph 17

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the first meeting of a temporary governing body shall be called by their clerk.
(2) Where the clerk fails to call the first meeting within such period as the local education authority consider reasonable, the authority shall call it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/9/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-9/paragraph-17
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