Manner of consultation with governing bodies and trustees
3.—(1) Where these Regulations require the Secretary of State to consult the governing body and any trustees of the school, he shall do so by sending two copies of the document in question (one for the governing body and one for the trustees) to the school.
(2) The governing body of a school may not delegate to a committee of the governing body or to the chairman any decision in relation to their response to a consultation referred to in paragraph (1) above and any such response must indicate that it is the response of all, or the majority of, the members of the governing body and that no decision in relation to that response has been delegated.