The Education (Foundation Body) (England) Regulations 2000

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations:

“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

“the Change of Category Regulations” means the Education (Change of Category of Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2000(1);

“the clerk” means the clerk to the foundation body appointed in accordance with regulation 15;

“community member” means a member of the foundation body nominated by the governing bodies of schools within the group and appointed by the governor members of the foundation body under regulation 6(b) or 9(4);

“the dissolution date” means the date on which a foundation body is to be dissolved, specified in an order of the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 25(1) or regulation 10(5);

“the formation date” means the date on which a group is to be formed, specified in writing by the Secretary of State under regulation 7(1);

“governor member” means a member of the foundation body appointed by the governing body of a school under regulation 9(1) or (3) or regulation 22(8);

“group” means the group of three or more schools for which a foundation body performs the following functions, namely

“initial governor member” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 5(4);

“the joining date” means the date on which a school joins a group, specified in writing by the Secretary of State under regulation 22(3); and

“the leaving date” means the date on which a school leaves a group, specified in writing by the Secretary of State under regulation 23(1).

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to a numbered regulation or, as the case may be, to a numbered Schedule to these Regulations.

(3) Where any land is transferred to and vests in any body in accordance with these Regulations, any rights or liabilities—

(a)enjoyed or incurred by the transferor in connection with the land; and

(b)subsisting immediately before the transfer of the land,

shall also be transferred to, and by virtue of these Regulations vest in, that body.

(4) Expressions used in these Regulations set out in the first column of the following table shall have the meanings attributed to them by the provisions set out opposite thereto in the second column.

(5) A reference to a category in any provision of these Regulations is a reference to one of the categories set out in section 20(1) of the 1998 Act.