# Education Act 1996, Paragraph 8

Extent: E+W

(1) Where any person, other than a prospective sponsor, appoints a person as a temporary governor of a new school, he shall have regard to the desirability of that person being suitably experienced.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph a person is suitably experienced—
(a) if he has served as a governor or temporary governor of a school, and
(b) in particular, in a case where registered pupils at another school which has been, or is to be, discontinued are expected to transfer to the new school, if he has served as a governor or temporary governor of that other school.
(3) In sub-paragraph (1) “prospective sponsor” means a person who is to be named in the instrument of government as a sponsor of the school in question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/9/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-9/paragraph-8
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