{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-and-federations-england-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-and-federations-england-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/204",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-and-federations-england-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "text": "(1) The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 14—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a)(i), omit “in respect of a federated school”;\n(b) in paragraph (1)(b), omit “in respect of a federated school”;\n(c) in paragraph (1)(a)(i)(aa), for “that” substitute “a”;\n(d) in paragraph (1)(a)(i)(bb), for “that” substitute “a”; and\n(e) in paragraph (3), omit “of a federated school”.\n(3) For regulation 21(3)(a) substitute—\n“(a) two parent governors;”.\n(4) In Schedule 1, for paragraph 2(1)(a), substitute—\n“(a) two temporary parent governors;”.\n(5) In Schedule 2—\n(a) in paragraph 7, for “the school in respect of which the vacancy has arisen” substitute “a federated school”;\n(b) for paragraph 8, substitute—\n“8. Where a vacancy for a parent governor is not filled by election, the governing body of a federation must appoint a parent governor to fill the vacancy.”;\n(c) for paragraph 9, substitute—\n“9. (1) In appointing a parent governor, the governing body of a federation must appoint—\n(a) a parent of a registered pupil at a federated school (or, in respect of any maintained nursery school in the federation, a parent of a child for whom educational or other provision is made on the premises of the school (including any such provision made by the governing body under section 27 of EA 2002));\n(b) a parent of a former registered pupil at a federated school;\n(c) a parent of a child with special educational needs for which a federated school is approved; or\n(d) a parent of a child, including a child who has special educational needs and is over compulsory school age.\n(2) The governing body of a federation may only appoint a person referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (d) if it is not reasonably practicable to appoint a person referred to in the sub-paragraph which immediately precedes it.”; and\n(d) omit paragraph 10.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/1035."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/204/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:07.850824+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."
}