{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-staffing-england-regulations-2003/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-staffing-england-regulations-2003/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1963",
  "legislation_title": "School Staffing (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-staffing-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Delegation of authority",
  "text": "(1) The governing body may delegate—\n(a) its functions under regulations 14, 15, 17, 23 and 24, and\n(b) its power to appoint or dismiss any member of staff at a school to which Part 3 applies.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (4), any such delegation may be to—\n(a) the head teacher,\n(b) one or more governors, or\n(c) one or more governors and the head teacher.\n(3) Where the governing body has made any such delegation to one or more governors, the head teacher may attend and offer advice at all relevant proceedings. Such advice must be considered by the governor or governors to whom the delegation has been made.\n(4) The governing body may delegate any decision whether or not to make a determination that the head teacher should cease to work at the school, or to dismiss the head teacher, to one or more governors.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1963/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:12:37.426176+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."
}