{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foundation-body-regulations-1999/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foundation-body-regulations-1999/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1502",
  "legislation_title": "The Foundation Body Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foundation-body-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Membership of foundation bodies",
  "text": "(1) The quorum for a decision of the governing body of a school under regulation 7 shall be two-thirds (rounded up to a whole number) of the governors in post who are entitled to vote.\n(2) The term of office of a member of a foundation body shall be four years but a member may be re-appointed.\n(3) A person may not vote for his own appointment or re-appointment as a member of a foundation body.\n(4) Vacancies must be filled by the next meeting of the foundation body or the meeting after if the vacancy arises less than three months before the next meeting.\n(5) If a vacancy of a member is not filled then the Secretary of State may dissolve the foundation body.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1502/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:45:45.191599+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."
}