Regulation 7 Interpretation of Part II

In this Part—

• “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f1;

• “The date of election” means, in relation to an election in which votes can be cast on more than one date, the last date on which votes can be cast or postal votes can be received;

• “education overview and scrutiny committee” means an overview and scrutiny committee of a relevant local authority appointed under regulation 6, the functions of which relate wholly or partly to any education functions which are the responsibility of the authority;

• “maintained school” has the meaning given in section 20(7) of the 1998 Act;

• “school maintained by a relevant local authority” has the meaning given in section 142(1) of the 1998 Act;

• “parent governor” means—

  1. (a)

     a person who is elected as a member of a maintained school’s governing body by parents of registered pupils at the school and is himself a parent at the time at which he is elected;

  2. (b)

     a person who is appointed as a parent governor by the governing body in accordance with regulations under the 1998 Act^f2;

  3. (c)

     a person who continues as a parent governor for the purposes of the reconstitution of the governing body on transition to the new schools framework by virtue of regulations under part II of the 1998 Act^f3;

• “parent governor representative” means a person elected in accordance with regulations 9 to 11; and

• “relevant local authority” means a local authority in England which is also an education authority and which is operating alternative arrangements.