Regulation 14 Constitution of the governing body under the instrument of government

(1)

Any reference in regulations 14(2) to 18 to the temporary governing body shall be construed as a reference to the transitional governing body at any time on or after the appointed day.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part, the incorporation date means—

(a)

where the school’s opening date falls on or before 1st June 1999, 31st August 1999;

(b)

in any other case, such date (after 30th August 1999 but within three months after the school’s opening date) as the temporary governing body shall notify in writing to the local education authority.

(3)

The temporary governing body shall secure that appointments or elections of governors required by the instrument of government for a new LEA maintained school take place before the incorporation date with effect from—

(a)

midnight on the incorporation date; or

(b)

midnight on the actual incorporation date if the temporary governing body notify such governors and the local education authority that (in default) the actual incorporation date falls after the incorporation date.

(4)

The date on which the governing body of a new LEA maintained school are constituted under the instrument of government, and incorporated under section 36(1) of the 1998 Act, is, for the purposes of this Part, referred to as the actual incorporation date.