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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2007/regulation-38",
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  "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/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Decision to permit federated school to leave a federation",
  "text": "(1) Upon notification that a governing body of a federation have resolved that a federated school should leave a federation paragraphs (2) or (3) apply.\n(2) Where one of only two federated schools is to leave a federation, the federation is dissolved in accordance with Part 8.\n(3) Where paragraph (2) does not apply,\n(a) the authority must—\n(i) establish a temporary governing body in respect of the school leaving the federation in accordance with Parts 3 and 4 of the New Schools Regulations; and\n(ii) issue a new instrument of government for that school in accordance with Part 5 of the Constitution Regulations;\n(b) the governing body of the federation must review the instrument of government of the federation in accordance with regulation 32 of the Constitution Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As modified by Schedule 7 to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/3464",
      "affecting_title": "The School Organisation and Governance (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/960/regulation/38",
    "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."
}