(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe Electoral Reform (Ballot Services) Limited (which is a separately incorporated business of the Electoral Reform Society of Great Britain and Ireland Limited) for the purposes of section 61 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (ballot of parents). They revoke the Education (Parental Ballots for Acquisition of Grant-maintained Status) (Prescribed Body) Regulations 1988 which prescribed the Electoral Reform Society.