{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2007/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2007/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/960",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“SSFA 1998” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;\n“EA 2002” means the Education Act 2002;\n“authority” means the local education authority by which a maintained school is, or a proposed school is to be, maintained;\n“the Constitution Regulations” means the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007;\n“day” means school day as defined by section 579 of the Education Act 1996;\n“the federation date” means the date on which governing bodies federate;\n“governing body” means a governing body incorporated under section 19(1) of EA 2002 or these Regulations as appropriate;\n“new school” has the same meaning as in the New Schools Regulations;\n“the New Schools Regulations” means the School Governance (New Schools) (England) Regulations 2007;\n“the Procedures Regulations” means the School Governance (Procedures) (England) Regulations 2003;\n“qualifying foundation school” means a foundation or a foundation special school which has a foundation established otherwise than under SSFA 1998, and whose instrument of government, before the federation date, provided for the majority of governors to be foundation governors appointed by the foundation; and\n“the Staffing Regulations” means the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c.31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "SI 2007/957."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1996 c.56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "SI 2007/958."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "SI 2003/1377 as amended by the School Governance (Constitution and Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003, the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1963), the School Governance (Constitution, Procedures and New Schools) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004; and by the School Governance (Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/959)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "SI 2003/1963 as amended by the School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2725) and by the School Staffing (England) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/3197)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/1172",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) Order 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/960/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:56:41.406474+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."
}