Citation, commencement and application
2.—(1) These Regulations apply to governing bodies of maintained schools in England that are either federated governing bodies or are proposing to federate, subject to paragraph 2.
(2) Parts 3 and 4 of these Regulations apply to a governing body only if—
(a)the governing body are constituted under an instrument of government that takes effect on or after 1st September 2012; or
(b)where the governing body are constituted under an instrument of government that takes effect before 1st September 2012 , the governing body or local authority—
(i)review the instrument of government on or after that date, and
(ii)decide under regulation 32(2) of the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007(1) that the instrument of government should be varied.
S.I. 2007/957, as amended by S.I. 2009,1924, S.I. 2010/1172, S.I. 2010/2582 and S.I. 2012/YY.