{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-regulations-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-regulations-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1359",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Government) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph shall apply if a person is present at a meeting of the governing body of a school at which the subject of consideration is, in the case either of the person himself or of a relative (including his spouse) living with him–\n(a) that person’s appointment to a post as a teacher or otherwise at the school; or\n(b) where that person is employed as a teacher or otherwise at the school, his transfer from one post to another or his promotion or retirement.\n(2) The person first mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) shall–\n(a) take no part in the consideration or discussion of the matter in question;\n(b) unless the governing body otherwise allow, withdraw from the meeting during such consideration or discussion; and\n(c) not vote on any question with respect to that matter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1359/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:22:33.173119+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."
}