# The School Governance (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2015, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Collaboration Arrangements (Maintained Schools and Further Education Bodies) (England) Regulations 2007


(1) The Collaboration Arrangements (Maintained Schools and Further Education Bodies) (England) Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4 (establishment of joint committees)—
(a) for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) The quorum for any meetings of a joint committee must be determined by the joint committee or the collaborating bodies, as determined by the collaborating bodies, and must not be fewer than three persons, each of whom is a member of the joint committee.”.
(b) for regulation 4(3) substitute—
“(3) A chair of a joint committee must be appointed annually, and may, at any time, be removed, by the collaborating bodies or by the joint committee, as determined by the collaborating bodies.”.
(3) In regulation 5 (clerks to joint committees)—
(a) 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 bodies or by the joint committee, as determined by the collaborating governing bodies.”;
(b) 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 the collaborating bodies, as the collaborating bodies determine.”.
(4) In regulation 6 (associate members)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “by a joint committee as a member of it” substitute “as a member of a joint committee by the collaborating bodies”;
(b) in paragraph (2), for “joint committee” substitute “collaborating bodies”;
(c) in paragraph (5), omit “Subject to paragraph (6)”;
(d) omit paragraph (6);
(e) in paragraph (7), for “A joint committee” substitute “The collaborating bodies”;
(f) after paragraph (7), insert—
“(8) An associate member may not vote on any business transacted by any committee unless the associate member is aged over 18.”.
(5) 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 committee members to participate or vote at meetings of the joint committee, including, but not limited to, by telephone or video conference.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/883/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2015/regulation-4
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