{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-organisation-committees-england-regulations-1999/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-organisation-committees-england-regulations-1999/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/700",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Organisation Committees) (England) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-organisation-committees-england-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Tenure of members",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation and regulation 7(2) persons appointed to be members of the committee shall hold and vacate office in accordance with their terms of appointment and shall, on ceasing to be members of the committee, be eligible for re-appointment.\n(2) No person shall be appointed as a member for a period exceeding three years.\n(3) A member may resign his membership at any time by giving written notice to the authority.\n(4) A member shall vacate his office–\n(a) if his membership is terminated under regulation 7(2);\n(b) where the person was appointed under regulation 5(1)(a), if he ceases to be a member of the authority in question;\n(c) if, in the case of a member falling within sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of regulation 5(1), the body who nominated the member are of the opinion that the member should no longer be a member of the committee and notify the secretary accordingly; or\n(d) where the person is a member of the schools group, if–\n(i) where paragraph 4(1) of the Schedule applies, he ceases to be a member of the governing body of a relevant school maintained by the authority, or\n(ii) where paragraph 4(2) of the Schedule applies, he ceases to be a member of the governing body of a relevant school.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/3052",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (School Organisation Proposals) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/700/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:46.459512+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."
}