# Education (No. 2) Act 1986, Paragraph 9

Extent: E+W

(1) Any person other than a person who is to be named in the instrument of government as a sponsor of the school appointing a person as a temporary governor of a new school shall have regard to the desirability of that person being suitably experienced.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person is suitably experienced if he has served as a governor or temporary governor of a school and, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/61/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-no-2-act-1986/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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