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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/957",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "(1) A person is disqualified from holding or from continuing to hold office as a governor of a school at any time when he is a registered pupil at the school.\n(2) No person is qualified to be a governor unless he is aged 18 or over at the date of his election or appointment.\n(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to an associate member appointed under regulation 11.",
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      "affecting_title": "The Education (Miscellaneous Amendments relating to Safeguarding Children) (England) Regulations 2009"
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    {
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    },
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    {
      "type": "words substituted by SI 2010/2582 Sch. 4 para. 16(2) (as inserted)",
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      "affecting_title": "The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.2, Savings and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) and (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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