The Education (Allocation of Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools to New Categories) Regulations 1998

Ballots of parents

9.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations a person is eligible to vote in a ballot held pursuant to regulation 8 if he is an individual who is a registered parent of a registered pupil at the school.

(2) In paragraph (1) “registered” means shown in the register kept under section 434 of the Education Act 1996 and the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995 as that register has effect on the date immediately following the end of the period of ten school days beginning with the date on which a petition which meets the requirements of regulation 6 was receiving by the governing body.

(3) The governing body of the school shall, after the period referred to in paragraph (2) and no later than the date immediately following the period of fifteen school days beginning with the date on which a petition meeting the requirements of regulation 6 is received by the governing body, provide the ballot administration company with the electoral list which is to be as accurate as the governing body can reasonably secure.

(4) The governing body of a school shall provide such information and give such assistance to the ballot administration company as that company may require in connection with the ballot.