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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-10",
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  "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": "schedule/6/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Criminal convictions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, a person is disqualified from holding, or continuing to hold, office as a governor of a school where any of sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) or (6) below apply to him.\n(2) This sub-paragraph applies to a person if—\n(a) within the period of five years ending with the date immediately preceding the date on which his appointment or election as governor would otherwise have taken effect or, as the case may be, on which he would otherwise have become a governor by virtue of his office, or\n(b) since his appointment or election as governor or, as the case may be, since he became a governor by virtue of his office,\nhe has been convicted, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine.\n(3) This sub-paragraph applies to a person if within the period of 20 years ending with the date immediately preceding the date on which his appointment or election as governor would otherwise have taken effect or, as the case may be, on which he would otherwise have become a governor by virtue of his office, he has been convicted as aforesaid of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of not less than two and a half years.\n(4) This sub-paragraph applies to a person if he has at any time been convicted as aforesaid of any offence and he has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of not less than five years.\n(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) above, any conviction by or before a court outside the United Kingdom of an offence which, if the facts giving rise to the offence had taken place in any part of the United Kingdom, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of the United Kingdom must be disregarded.\n(6) This sub-paragraph applies to a person if—\n(a) within the period of five years ending with the date immediately preceding the date on which his appointment or election as governor would otherwise have taken effect or, as the case may be, on which he would otherwise have become a governor by virtue of his office, or\n(b) since his appointment or election as governor or, as the case may be, since he became a governor by virtue of his office,\nhe has been convicted under section 547 of EA 1996 (nuisance or disturbance on school premises) or under section 85A of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (Nuisance or disturbance on educational premises) of an offence and has been sentenced to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As amended by SSFA 1998 and by section 206 of and Schedule 20 to EA 2002 and by section 6 of and Schedule 1 to the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40)."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c.13; inserted by section 206 of and Schedule 20 to EA 2002."
    }
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      "affecting": "uksi/2009/1924",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Miscellaneous Amendments relating to Safeguarding Children) (England) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2010/1172",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) Order 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/2741",
      "affecting_title": "The Haringey Sixth Form Centre (Governing Body) Order 2007"
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    {
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      "affecting_title": "The School Governance (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The School Governance (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted by SI 2010/2582 Sch. 4 para. 16(2) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2011/577",
      "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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