# The Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005, Regulation 9: Foundation governors

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(1) In these Regulations—
“foundation governor” (“llywodraethwr sefydliedig”) means a person who is appointed as a governor otherwise than by the local authority and who—
(a)where the school has a particular religious character, is appointed for the purpose of securing that that character is preserved and developed,
(b)where there is a trust relating to the school, is appointed for the purpose of securing that the school is conducted in accordance with that trust, or
(c)where the school does not have a religious character and there is no trust relating to it, is appointed as a foundation governor of the school;
“ex officio foundation governor” (“llywodraethwr sefydliedig ex officio”) means a foundation governor who is the holder of an office by virtue of which he or she is entitled to be a foundation governor;
“substitute governor” (“dirprwy lywodraethwr”) means a foundation governor appointed to act in the place of an ex officio foundation governor—
(a)who is unwilling or unable to act as a governor,
(b)who has been removed as a governor under regulation 27(2), or
(c)if there is a vacancy in the office by virtue of which such a governorship exists.
(2) An ex officio foundation governor is, upon ceasing to hold the office from which his or her governorship derives, disqualified from continuing to hold office as such a governor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2914/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-9
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