# Education Act 1996, Paragraph 14


“Sponsor governor” means—
(a) a person appointed by a person named in the instrument of government as a sponsor of the school,
(b) while the instrument of government is the initial instrument, a person appointed by a person named as a sponsor of the school in the proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained status or, as the case may be, the proposals for the establishment of a new grant-maintained school, or
(c) an initial sponsor governor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/24/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-24/paragraph-14
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