The Education Action Forum (Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made5th September 2002

Laid before Parliament6th September 2002

Coming into force1st October 2002

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 138(7) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 19981, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Education Action Forum (Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on lst October 2002.

Amendment of the Education Action Forum (Proceedings) Regulations 19982.

Regulation 6 of the Education Action Forum (Proceedings) Regulations 19982 is omitted and instead is substituted:

“6.
The quorum for any meeting of the Forum, and any vote on any matter at such a meeting, shall be one third of the membership of the Forum when complete or six people, whichever is the greater.”

David Miliband

Minister of State

Department for Education and Skills

5th September 2002

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the existing provisions which set out the proceedings for Education Action Forums. The quorum required for a meeting on any issue is reduced to one third of the Forum members or 6 people, whichever is the greater.