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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2004/regulation-9",
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  "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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Procedure for schools wishing to federate",
  "text": "(1) The governing bodies proposing to federate shall jointly consider any responses to the proposals and each governing body shall determine whether—\n(a) to proceed with the proposals for federation as published;\n(b) to proceed with the proposals for federation with such modifications as the governing body consider appropriate; or\n(c) not to proceed with the proposals for federation.\n(2) The modifications referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall not include a change in the identity of the governing bodies proposing to federate.\n(3) All the governing bodies that have determined to proceed shall jointly give notice of that fact to the relevant authority or authorities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2042/regulation/9",
    "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."
}