{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-regulations-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-regulations-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-4.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/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph shall apply where a person who himself, or whose relative (including his spouse) living with him, is employed as a teacher or otherwise at a school (“the relevant employee”) is present at a meeting of the governing body of the school at which the subject of consideration is the transfer from one post to another, promotion or retirement of another person so employed, if the said transfer, promotion or retirement would result in a vacant post for which the relevant employee could be a candidate.\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/4",
    "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."
}