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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-transitional-provisions-england-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-transitional-provisions-england-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1355",
  "legislation_title": "The School Organisation (Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-transitional-provisions-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Surplus governors",
  "text": "(1) Where —\n(a) on or after the implementation date a school has more governors of any of the categories of governors than are required as governors of the corresponding category by the new instrument of government; and\n(b) the excess is not eliminated by the required number of governors resigning,\nsuch number of that category as is required to eliminate the excess must cease to hold office in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) The governors who are to cease to hold office are determined on the basis of seniority, the governor whose current period of continuous service (whether as a governor of one or more than one category) is the shortest being the first to cease to hold office.\n(3) Where it is necessary for the purposes of paragraph (2) to select one or more governors from a group of equal seniority, it must be done by drawing lots.\n(4) For the purposes of this paragraph , sponsor governors nominated by a particular category of person are treated as if they constituted a separate category of governor.\n(5) Any procedure set out in the new instrument of government for the removal of excess foundation governors does not apply to the reconstitution of the governing body under these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1355/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:53:43.110097+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."
}