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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parent-governor-representatives-england-regulations-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/478",
  "legislation_title": "The Parent Governor Representatives (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parent-governor-representatives-england-regulations-2001",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision for representatives of parent governors at maintained schools to be included in overview and scrutiny committees of local education authorities in England. They also provide for the election of parent governor representatives to be included in the education committees of authorities in the Isles of Scilly and the City of London.\nRegulation 3 provides for overview and scrutiny committees dealing with education matters to include between two and five parent governor representatives.\nRegulation 4 sets out the election procedures for parent governor representatives, and provides, in particular that they can represent particular types of schools (primary, secondary or special), or schools in particular areas.\nRegulation 5 deals with the eligibility criteria for voting in elections. In the majority of cases, any parent governor can vote, unless the vacancy is either for a parent governor representative to represent a particular type of school, and eligibility to vote is restricted to parent governors at the same type of school, or to represent maintained schools in a particular area, and eligibility to vote is restricted to parent governors at schools in that area.\nRegulations 6 and 7 set out circumstances which may disqualify a person from being elected or continuing to act as a parent governor representative.\nRegulation 8 provides for the term of office of a parent governor representative to be between two and four years, unless the office is vacated mid-term.\nRegulation 9 sets out what happens when the office is vacated, and, in particular, provides for the term of office of a representative’s successor.\nRegulation 10 deals with the voting rights of a parent governor representative. Broadly, he can vote on any matter relating to the authority’s executive’s education functions.\nRegulation 11 deals with the position in the Isles of Scilly and the City of London. The authorities in these areas are not subject to the relevant provisions of the Local Government Act 2000. The Regulations deal with the appointment of parent governor representatives to old style committees in these areas, in line with the procedures relating to appointments to overview and scrutiny committees. The voting rights of such parent governor representatives are extended. In the case of the City of London and the Isles of Scilly different criteria for the eligibility to vote in elections apply. In these cases only, a parent of a pupil educated by the authority or a parent residing in the authority’s area whose child is educated by another authority may vote, even if they are not parent governors. Different criteria also apply in relation to the eligibility of parent governors for election. In the case of the City of London and the Isles of Scilly only, a parent of a child educated by the authority or a parent residing in the authority’s area whose child is educated by another authority may be elected, even if he is not a parent governor.\nRegulation 12 revokes earlier regulations dealing with parent governor representatives in so far as they apply in relation to England and regulations 12 and 13 set out transitional provisions to deal with the situation before the new arrangements begin to operate, and the transfer of parent governor representatives elected under the old regulations to new education overview and scrutiny committees.\nRegulation 14 deals with parent governor representatives elected under the old regulations in the Isles of Scilly and the City of London. They are treated as having been elected under the new regulations.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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