Regulation 16 Staff governorsI1

England and Wales

(1)

In these Regulations “staff governor” (“staff-lywodraethwr”) means a person —

(a)

who is elected in accordance with Schedule 3 as a member of the governing body of a federation by persons who are employed to work at the federation or at a federated school otherwise than as a school teacher; and

(b)

who is a person so working at the time when that person is elected.

(2)

Upon ceasing to work at a school within the federation, a staff governor of a school is disqualified from continuing to hold office as such a governor.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4) a person is disqualified from election as a staff governor to a governing body if that person—

(a)

has previously been elected as a staff governor to the same governing body within the last two years; or

(b)

is employed to work at the same federated school as any person elected as a staff governor to that governing body within the last two years.

(4)

Paragraph (3)(b) does not apply to—

F1(a)

any person employed to work at two or more schools in the federation F2; or

(b)

a federation that consists of only two schools.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 16(4) renumbered as reg. 16(4)(a) (4.2.2022) by The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1431), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)
F2: Reg. 16(4)(b) and word inserted (4.2.2022) by The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1431), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 16 in force at 22.5.2014, see reg. 1(1)