{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/2914",
  "legislation_title": "The Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where the school is a community special school or a foundation special school, the governing body must appoint—\n(a) a parent of a registered pupil at the school; or\n(b) a parent of a child of compulsory school age with special educational needs; or\n(c) a parent of a person of any age with special educational needs; or\n(d) a parent of a child of compulsory school age.\n(2) The governing body may only appoint a person referred to in sub-paragraph (1) (b), (c) or (d) if it is not reasonably practicable to appoint a person referred to in the sub-paragraph which immediately precedes it.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 31.10.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2914/schedule/1/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:05:28.791574+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."
}