# The Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 9

Extent: E+W

Where a vacancy for a parent governor arises, the appropriate authority must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every person who is known to them to be a parent of a registered pupil at the school is—
(a) informed of the vacancy and that is required to be filled by election;
(b) informed that he or she is entitled to stand as a candidate and vote in the election; and
(c) given the opportunity to do so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2914/schedule/1/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-9
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