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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/religious-character-of-schools-designation-procedure-regulations-1998/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2535",
  "legislation_title": "The Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/religious-character-of-schools-designation-procedure-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Procedure for new schools",
  "text": "(1) Where proposals to establish a new foundation or voluntary school are approved under paragraph 3 or 8 of Schedule 6 to the 1998 Act, or where the promoters by whom such proposals were published determine under paragraph 9(1) of that Schedule that the proposals should be implemented, the Secretary of State shall designate it as a school which has a religious character if the requirements set out in this regulation are satisfied.\n(2) The promoters must have applied to him for the school to be designated as a school which has a religious character and, in the case of a Church of England school, a Church in Wales school or a Roman Catholic Church school, such application must have been approved by the appropriate diocesan authority.\n(3) A temporary governing body must have been constituted for the school.\n(4) The proposals published under section 28 of the 1998 Act to establish the school must specify–\n(a) that the school is intended to be a school which has a religious character; and\n(b) the religion or religious denomination or religions or religious denominations with which the school is to be associated.\n(5) The terms or the proposed terms of–\n(a) the trust deed; and\n(b) the instrument of government for the school,\nmust be consistent with the published proposals.\n(6) The Secretary of State must be satisfied as to one or more of the following matters–\n(a) at least one member of the governing body of the school is a person appointed as a foundation governor to represent the interests of one or more religions or religious denominations; or\n(b) the premises provided or to be provided for the school are or are to be held on trust so that, in the event of the discontinuance of the school, the property concerned is held for, or is to be sold and the proceeds of sale applied for, the benefit of one or more religions or religious denominations; or\n(c) the premises provided or to be provided for the school are or are to be held on trust in connection with–\n(i) the provision of education, or\n(ii) the conduct of an educational institution,\nin accordance with the tenets of one or more religions or religious denominations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2262",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (New Schools) (England) Regulations 1999"
    },
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      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2262",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (New Schools) (England) Regulations 1999"
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    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2005/2912",
      "affecting_title": "The New Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1558",
      "affecting_title": "New Schools (General) (England) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1558",
      "affecting_title": "New Schools (General) (England) Regulations 2003"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "New Schools (General) (England) Regulations 2003"
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      "affecting": "wsi/2005/2912",
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    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2535/regulation/9",
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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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