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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2014/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2014/1132",
  "legislation_title": "The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "(1) A federation may comprise of at least two but no more than six of the following—\n(a) community schools, community special schools and maintained nursery schools (and no other category of school);\n(b) foundation schools (and no other category of school); or\n(c) voluntary controlled and voluntary aided schools (and no other category of school).\n(2) Regulations 5 to 7 apply where governing bodies propose to federate in accordance with section 10 of the 2011 Measure.\n(3) Regulation 8 applies where it is proposed to establish a new school and either—\n(a) the temporary governing body wish to federate with one or more governing bodies; or\n(b) the local authority or, where the school is to be a foundation or voluntary school proposals for the establishment of which were published by promoters, the promoters propose that the school should be a federated school.\n(4) Regulations 9 and 10 apply where a local authority exercises its power to federate schools in accordance with section 11 of the 2011 Measure.\n(5) Regulations 11 and 12 apply where a local authority exercises its power to federate small schools in accordance with section 11 of the 2011 Measure.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 22.5.2014, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Within the meaning of section 20 of, and Schedule 2 to,the 1998 Act and section 39(1) of the 2002 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Within the meaning of section 20 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1998 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Within the meaning of section 20 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1998 Act."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2014/1132/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:38:54.593351+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."
}