{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2004/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2004/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2042",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Charitable status of federations",
  "text": "(1) The governing body of a federation which includes a foundation, voluntary or foundation special school shall be a charity which is an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 1993, but no governing body of a federation which includes only community, community special or maintained nursery schools shall be a charity.\n(2) So far as it is a charity, any institution which—\n(a) is administered by or on behalf of any governing body of a federation which includes a foundation, voluntary or foundation special school; and\n(b) is established for the general purposes of, or for any special purpose of, or in connection with, that body or that federation or any foundation, voluntary or foundation special school within that federation,\nshall also be an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 1993.\n(3) In this regulation, “charity” and “institution” have the same meaning as in the Charities Act 1993.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 10. This regulation modifies section 23 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 in its application to schools forming part of a federation or to the governing bodies of federations, in each case comprising schools within different categories."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2042/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:20:43.530441+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."
}