Regulation 2 Amendment of the School Governance (Collaboration) (England) Regulations 2003
The School Governance (Collaboration) (England) Regulations 2003f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 4 (establishment of joint committees)—
for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2)The quorum for any meetings of the joint committee must be determined by the joint committee or the collaborating governing bodies, as determined by the collaborating governing bodies, and must not be fewer than three persons, each of whom is a member of the joint committee.”;
for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3)A chair of a joint committee must be appointed annually, and may at any time be removed, by the collaborating governing bodies or by the joint committee, as determined by the collaborating governing bodies.”.
In regulation 5 (clerks to joint committees)—
for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1)A clerk (who must not be one of the head teachers) must be appointed, and may at any time be removed, by the collaborating governing bodies or by the joint committee, as determined by the collaborating governing bodies.”;
for paragraph (3)(c) substitute—
“(c)perform such other tasks with respect to that committee as may be determined from time to time by the joint committee or by the collaborating governing bodies, as the collaborating governing bodies determine.”.
In regulation 6 (associate members)f2—
in paragraph (1), for “by a joint committee as a member of it” substitute “as a member of a joint committee by the collaborating governing bodies”;
in paragraph (2), for “joint committee” substitute “collaborating governing bodies”;
in paragraph (5), for “paragraphs (6) and” substitute “paragraph”;
omit paragraph (6);
in paragraph (7), for “he was aged 18” to the end substitute “the associate member is aged over 18”;
in paragraph (8), for “A joint committee” substitute “The collaborating governing bodies”.
In regulation 8 (proceedings of joint committees), after paragraph (6), insert—
“(7)Notwithstanding the requirements of regulation 4(2) and paragraphs (4) and (5) of this regulation, a joint committee may approve alternative arrangements for members of the joint committee to participate or vote at meetings of that committee, including, but not limited to, by telephone or video conference.”.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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S.I. 2003/1962, amended by S.I. 2007/957 and 2013/1624.
- f2
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Regulation 6 was amended by S.I. 2007/957 and 2013/1624.