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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-england-regulations-1999/schedule-4/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2163",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Government) (England) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-england-regulations-1999",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/9",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where a vacancy for a parent governor is required to be filled by election, the appropriate authority shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every person who is known to them to be a parent of a registered pupil at the school is–\n(a) informed of the vacancy and that it is required to be filled by election;\n(b) informed that he is entitled to stand as a candidate, and vote, at the election; and\n(c) given an opportunity to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/348",
      "affecting_title": "School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1848",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (School Government) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1848",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (School Government) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2262",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (New Schools) (England) Regulations 1999"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2163/schedule/4/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:46.256193+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."
}