{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-regulations-1987/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-regulations-1987/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1359",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Government) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of temporary governing bodies and meetings",
  "text": "(1) The temporary governing body of a new school shall, at their first meeting, elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among their number (subject, however, to paragraph (5)).\n(2) In the event of a casual vacancy occurring in the office of chairman or vice-chairman, the temporary governing body shall, at their next meeting, elect one of their number (subject however to paragraph (5)) to fill that vacancy.\n(3) The chairman or vice-chairman of a temporary governing body shall cease to hold office as such if–\n(a) he resigns his office by written notice given to the clerk to the temporary governing body;\n(b) he ceases to be a member thereof; or\n(c) in the case of a vice-chairman, he is elected in pursuance of paragraph (2) to fill a casual vacancy in the office of chairman.\n(4) The chair at any meeting of the temporary governing body of a new school shall be taken by the chairman thereof or, in his absence, by the vice-chairman except that where both are absent those present shall elect from among their number (subject however to paragraph (5)) a person to take the chair at the meeting during such absence.\n(5) A member of the temporary governing body of a new school who is–\n(a) the head teacher of the new school;\n(b) a temporary teacher governor of the new school;\n(c) a pupil at the new school or, in the opinion of the other temporary governors, likely to become such a pupil; or\n(d) a person employed at the new school or, in the opinion of the other temporary governors, likely to become so employed;\nshall not be eligible for election as chairman or vice-chairman of the temporary governing body of the new school or as chairman of a meeting thereof but, subject as aforesaid, every temporary governor shall be so eligible.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1359/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:22:33.173119+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}