{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2012/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2012/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1035",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“ERA 1988” means the Education Reform Act 1988;\n“SSFA 1998” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;\n“EA 2002” means the Education Act 2002;\n“EIA 2006” means the Education and Inspections Act 2006;\n“AA 2010” means the Academies Act 2010;\n“appropriate diocesan authority” has the meaning given by section 142(1) and (4) of SSFA 1998;\n“appropriate religious body”, in relation to a school designated under section 69(3) of SSFA 1998 as having a religious character that is not a Church of England school or a Roman Catholic Church school, means the body or person, if any, that represents the specified religion or religious denomination and that is prescribed under section 88F(3)(e) of SSFA 1998;\n“the Constitution Regulations 2012” means the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012;\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“the local authority” means the local authority by which a maintained school is, or a proposed school is to be, maintained;\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“parent” includes any individual who has or has had parental responsibility for, or cares or has cared for, a child or young person under the age of 19;\n“relevant local authority” means the local authority in which a federated school is situated and which is responsible for maintaining that school;\n“the Roles and Procedures Regulations” means the School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) (England) Regulations 2013\n“qualifying foundation school” means a foundation or a foundation special school which has a foundation which meets any one or more of the conditions in section 23A(2),(3) and (4) of the SSFA 1998; and\n“the Staffing Regulations” means the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5 substituted (1.9.2013) by The School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1624), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(a) (with reg. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 1.9.2012, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c.40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c.31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c.40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2010 c.32."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/958 as amended by S.I. 2007/3464, S.I. 2009/1924, S.I. 2010/1172 and S.I. 2010/2582."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 23A(1)(a) was inserted by section 33(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40) and has been amended by S.I. 2010/1158 and S.I. 2011/1396."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/2680 as amended by S.I. 2010/1172."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1035/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:21.436068+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."
}