{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2007/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2007/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/957",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Procedure for removal of governors by the governing body",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in relation to the removal of a governor from office in accordance with regulation 24(3), 25 or 26.\n(2) A resolution to remove a governor from office which is passed at a meeting of the governing body will not have effect unless—\n(a) in relation to the removal of a governor under regulation 24(3) and 25(3), before the governing body resolve to remove the governor from office, the clerk to the governing body gives the reasons for removal provided by the person referred to in regulation 24(3) or by the nominating body (as appropriate) and the governor whom it is proposed to remove is given an opportunity to make a statement in response;\n(b) in relation to the removal of a community governor, a partnership governor or a sponsor governor under regulation 25(1) or a parent governor under regulation 26, before the governing body resolve to remove the governor from office, the governor or governors proposing his removal at that meeting state their reasons for doing so and the governor who it is proposed to remove is given an opportunity to make a statement in response;\n(c) it is confirmed by a resolution passed at a second meeting of the governing body held not less than fourteen days after the first meeting; and\n(d) the matter of the governor’s removal from office is specified as an item of business on the agenda for each of those meetings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/957/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:56:43.292679+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."
}