3 Amendment of the School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012
1 The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012 are amended as follows.
S.I. 2012/1035.
2 In regulation 14—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a)(i), omit “in respect of a federated school”;
(b) in paragraph (1)(b), omit “in respect of a federated school”;
(c) in paragraph (1)(a)(i)(aa), for “that” substitute “a”;
(d) in paragraph (1)(a)(i)(bb), for “that” substitute “a”; and
(e) in paragraph (3), omit “of a federated school”.
3 For regulation 21(3)(a) substitute—

“(a) two parent governors;”

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4 In Schedule 1, for paragraph 2(1)(a), substitute—

“(a) two temporary parent governors;”

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5 In Schedule 2—
(a) in paragraph 7, for “the school in respect of which the vacancy has arisen” substitute “a federated school”;
(b) for paragraph 8, substitute—

“8 Where a vacancy for a parent governor is not filled by election, the governing body of a federation must appoint a parent governor to fill the vacancy.”

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(c) for paragraph 9, substitute—

“9 1 In appointing a parent governor, the governing body of a federation must appoint—
(a) a parent of a registered pupil at a federated school (or, in respect of any maintained nursery school in the federation, a parent of a child for whom educational or other provision is made on the premises of the school (including any such provision made by the governing body under section 27 of EA 2002));
(b) a parent of a former registered pupil at a federated school;
(c) a parent of a child with special educational needs for which a federated school is approved; or
(d) a parent of a child, including a child who has special educational needs and is over compulsory school age.
2 The governing body of a federation may only appoint a person referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (d) if it is not reasonably practicable to appoint a person referred to in the sub-paragraph which immediately precedes it.”

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(d) omit paragraph 10.