{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2014/regulation-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2014/regulation-70.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2014/1132",
  "legislation_title": "The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/70",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Clerks to committees",
  "text": "(1) The governing body must appoint a clerk to each committee established in accordance with regulations 67 to 69 and may appoint a clerk to any other committee established by it.\n(2) Neither the head teacher of the federation or of a federated school nor an associate pupil governor may be appointed as a clerk under paragraph (1).\n(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the committee may, if the clerk fails to attend a meeting of theirs, appoint any one of their number (who is not the head teacher of the federation or of a federated school) to act as clerk for the purposes of that meeting.\n(4) The governing body may remove any clerk appointed to any of their committees from office at any time.\n(5) A clerk appointed to a committee of the governing body must—\n(a) convene meetings of the committee;\n(b) attend meetings of the committee and ensure that minutes of the proceedings are drawn up; and\n(c) perform such other functions with respect to that committee as may be determined by the governing body from time to time.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 70 in force at 22.5.2014, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2014/1132/regulation/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:38:54.593351+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."
}