{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foundation-body-regulations-1999/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foundation-body-regulations-1999/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1502",
  "legislation_title": "The Foundation Body Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foundation-body-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Eligibility and disqualification",
  "text": "(1) A foundation governor who has been appointed to a school in the group by a foundation body may not be a governor member of that foundation body and may not vote on appointments to the foundation body.\n(2) A community member must–\n(a) have interests in business or the local community or both;\n(b) not be a parent of a registered pupil, a member of the governing body, teaching or non-teaching staff or a registered pupil, at any school in the group;\n(c) not be an elected member of a local education authority which maintains any school in the group or a person employed by such an authority in their capacity as a local education authority; and\n(d) have attained the age of 18 years at the date of his appointment.\n(3) A governor member of the foundation body shall cease to hold office on ceasing to be a member of the governing body of the school which appointed him.\n(4) A member of the foundation body may not be an employee of that body.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1502/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:45:45.191599+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."
}