# The Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 1999, Regulation 4: Notice by the Secretary of State


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(1) The notice referred to in regulation 3(1) is a notice in writing given by the Secretary of State to the governing body of a school–
(a) informing them of the matters referred to paragraph (2)(a) and (b) below, and
(b) requiring them to set an attendance target for the school in respect of each of the three school years immediately following the end of the notice year.
(2) The Secretary of State may give such a notice to the governing body of a school only where–
(a) it appears to him that regulation 5 applies to that school in respect of each of the two school years immediately preceding the notice year; and
(b) he considers that it is appropriate to require the governing body to set an attendance target for each of the three school years immediately following the notice year.
(3) The Secretary of State may give notice under this Regulation in any school year beginning with the 1998–99 school year; but he may not do so later than four months preceding the beginning of the first school year in respect of which an attendance target is to be set.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/397/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-attendance-targets-england-regulations-1999/regulation-4
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