{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-wales-regulations-1999/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-wales-regulations-1999/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2242",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Government) (Wales) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-wales-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Term of office",
  "text": "(1) (a) Any governor of a school required by an instrument of government other than—\n(i) a governor referred to in sub-paragraph (b) or (c),\n(ii) a governor referred to in paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 8,\n(iii) a head teacher,\n(iv) an ex officio foundation governor, or\n(v) a substitute governor,\nand any additional governor or additional foundation governor appointed under section 16(1) or (8) of the 1998 Act, shall hold office for a term of four years.\n(b) Any foundation governor appointed on or after 1st September 1999 (other than an additional foundation governor appointed under section 16 of the 1998 Act or a substitute foundation governor) shall hold office for such term, not exceeding four years, as the person appointing him shall determine at the time of making the appointment and notify in writing to the clerk to the governing body of the school concerned at the time of notifying him of the appointment.\n(c) Any co-opted governor (other than an additional co-opted governor) appointed for the purposes of the initial constitution of the permanent governing body of a new school under the first instrument of government shall hold office for the term of one year.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation, “substitute governor” means any foundation governor appointed to act in the place of an ex officio foundation governor by virtue of any regulations made under paragraph 16 of Schedule 9 to the 1998 Act and “the original governor” means the ex officio foundation governor in whose place the substitute governor is appointed to act.\n(3) A substitute governor shall hold office until the earlier of the following—\n(a) the expiry of four years from the date when his appointment takes effect;\n(b) the date when the original governor gives written notice to the clerk to the governing body to the effect that he is able and willing to act as a foundation governor; or\n(c) the date when a person other than the original governor takes office in the post by virtue of which the ex officio governorship exists.\n(4) This regulation and paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 8 shall not prevent a governor—\n(a) from being elected or appointed for a further term; or\n(b) from being disqualified, by virtue of provision made under these Regulations, for continuing to hold office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "wsi/2001/2263",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (School Government) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2242/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:08:48.906368+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."
}