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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/957",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Failure to attend meetings",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to any governor who is not a governor by virtue of his office.\n(2) A governor, who, without the consent of the governing body, has failed to attend their meetings for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of the first such meeting he failed to attend, is, on the expiry of that period, disqualified from continuing to hold office as a governor of that school.\n(3) A foundation governor (other than an ex officio foundation governor), LEA governor, community governor, partnership governor or sponsor governor who has been disqualified as a governor of a school under sub-paragraph (2) is not qualified for election, nomination or appointment as a governor of any category at that school during the twelve months immediately following his disqualification under sub-paragraph (2).",
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  "version": "current",
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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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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/957/schedule/6/paragraph/5",
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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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