1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Federation of Schools (Community Schools, Community Special Schools, Voluntary Controlled Schools and Maintained Nursery Schools) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st September 2003.
(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to England.
2. —In these Regulations—
“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1);
“the 2000 Act” means the Learning and Skills Act 2000(2);
“the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002;
“authority” means the local education authority by which a maintained school is, or a proposed school is to be, maintained;
“the Constitution Regulations” means the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2003(3);
“day” means school day as defined by section 579 of the Education Act 1996;
“eligible school” means a community, community special or voluntary controlled school or a maintained nursery school;
“eligible governing body” means a governing body of an eligible school or a federation;
“the federation date” means the date on which governing bodies federate;
“governing body” means a governing body incorporated under section 36(1) of the 1998 Act , section 19(1) of the 2002 Act or these Regulations as appropriate;
“new school” has the same meaning as in the New Schools Regulations;
“the New Schools Regulations” means the Education (New Schools) (England) Regulations 2003(4);
“the Procedure Regulations” means the School Governance (Procedures) (England) Regulations 2003(5);
“the Staffing Regulations” means the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2003(6).
SI 2003/348 as amended by the School Governance (Constitution and Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1916).
SI 2003/1377 as amended by the School Governance (Constitution and Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and by the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1963).