{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988/section-124ZB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988/section-124ZB.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/40",
  "legislation_title": "Education Reform Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988",
  "path": "section/124ZB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "124ZB",
  "heading": "Proceedings etc. of higher education corporations in England",
  "text": "(1) The validity of any proceedings of a higher education corporation in England, or of a committee of such a corporation, is not affected by—\n(a) a vacancy among the members, or\n(b) a defect in the appointment or nomination of a member.\n(2) The application of the seal of a higher education corporation in England must be authenticated by the signature of—\n(a) the chair of the corporation or some other person authorised for that purpose by the corporation, and\n(b) any other member of the corporation.\n(3) A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of a higher education corporation in England or signed on the corporation's behalf—\n(a) is to be received in evidence, and\n(b) is to be taken to be executed or signed in that way, unless the contrary is shown.\n(4) The members for the time being of a higher education corporation in England are to be known as the board of governors of the institution conducted by the corporation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SS. 124ZA, 124ZB inserted (1.8.2019) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 8 para. 8; S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/40/section/124ZB",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:49.452107+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."
}