PART 2ESTABLISHING OR JOINING A FEDERATION

New schools wishing to federate10

1

Where it is proposed that a new school should federate with one or more schools or a federation, paragraph (2) or (3) applies as appropriate.

2

Where a temporary governing body has been established, regulations 6 to 9 have effect as if references to a governing body proposing to federate were references to a temporary governing body proposing to federate.

3

Where a temporary governing body is yet to be established, regulations 6 to 9 have effect as if—

a

references to the governing body proposing to federate were references to the authority or, where proposals are to establish a foundation or voluntary school proposals for the establishment of which were published by proposers, the proposers;

b

regulation 6(2) were omitted; and

c

in regulation 8(2)(a) for “the governing body propose to federate” there were substituted “the authority or the proposers propose that the temporary governing body of the new school should federate”.