Regulation 28 Exclusion of pupils from school

a pupil has been excluded from a school in circumstances in which that pupil would, as a result of his exclusion from the school, lose an opportunity to take any public examination; and

the local education authority concerned wish to consult the governing body of the school with a view to exercising, as a matter of urgency, any power vested in the authority (by virtue of section 24 or 25 of the 1986 Act) of directing the head teacher of the school to reinstate the pupil, but are unable to contact the chairman or vice-chairman of the governing body;