# The School Governance (New Schools) (England) Regulations 2007, Regulation 43: Proceedings of the temporary governing body


(1) The quorum for a meeting of the temporary governing body and for any vote on any matter at such a meeting, is one half (rounded up to a whole number) of the membership of the temporary governing body.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the membership of the temporary governing body is not to include vacant positions on the temporary governing body.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5), every question to be decided at a meeting of the temporary governing body is to be determined by a majority of the votes of the temporary governors present and voting on the questions.
(4) Where there is an equal division of votes the chair or, as the case may be, the person who is acting as chair for the purposes of the meeting (provided that such person is a governor), is to have a second or casting vote.
(5) No decision on the name of the proposed school shall have effect unless—
(a) the matter in question is specified as an item of business on the agenda for a meeting of the temporary governing body of which notice has been given in accordance with regulation 42(4); and
(b) all of the members of the temporary governing body vote in favour of the name,
provided that where any temporary governor is unable to attend the meeting at which the name of the proposed school is to be considered, he may vote by proxy where such proxy is a temporary governor or a temporary associate member whose appointment is in writing and signed by the temporary governor so unable to attend.
(6) The proceedings of the temporary governing body of a school are not invalidated by—
(a) any vacancy among their number;
(b) any defect in the election, appointment or nominations of any temporary governor; or
(c) any defect in the appointment of any chair or vice-chair.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/958/regulation/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-new-schools-england-regulations-2007/regulation-43
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