Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 2896

The Education (Groups of Grant-maintained Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1994

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1994 No. 2896

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (Groups of Grant-maintained Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1994

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 118(1) and sections 119 to 124 of the Education Act 1993^[1], and having consulted the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 8(1) of, and paragraph 15(c) of Schedule 1 to, the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992^[2] the Secretary of State for Education, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Groups of Grant-maintained Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 7th December 1994.

Initial instrument of government
    2.    For the purposes of section 118(1) of the Education Act 1993 the initial instrument of government for the governing body of a group shall be set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Initial articles of government
    3.    For the purposes of section 118(1) of the Education Act 1993 the initial articles of government for each school in a group shall be in accordance with those required (under any regulations^[3] in force at the time of incorporation of that group) for a grant-maintained school, or, as the case may be, a grant-maintained special school, and for those purposes—
 (a) any references to the staff committee are to the committee established under the instrument of government for the group, and
 (b) any duty to prepare an annual report to parents and to hold an annual parents' meeting shall be performed by the governing body separately in relation to each school in the group.

[1] 1993 c. 35; for the definition of "prescribed" and "regulations" see section 305(1). Chapter IX of Part II of the Act (which contains the cited sections) has been modified by the Education (Groups including Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/779) and by the Education (Government of Groups of Grant-maintained Schools) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2281). back

[2] 1992 c. 53; paragraph 15(c) of Schedule 1 to that Act is amended by paragraph 174 of Schedule 19 to the Education Act 1993. back

[3] The current regulations are the Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/3102) and the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2104). back

Explanatory Note