# The Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 5: Failure to attend meetings

Extent: E+W

(1) This paragraph applies to any governor who is not a governor by virtue of his or her office.
(2) A governor, who, without the consent of the governing body, has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of the first such meeting he or she failed to attend, is, on the expiry of that period, disqualified from continuing to hold office as a governor of that school.
(3) Where a governor has sent an apology to the clerk to the governing body before a meeting which he or she does not propose to attend, the minutes of the meeting must record the governing body’s consent or otherwise to the absence and a copy of the minutes must be sent to the governor concerned at his or her normal place of residence.
(4) A governor who has been disqualified as a governor of a school under sub-paragraph (2) is not qualified for election, nomination or appointment as a governor of any category at that school during the twelve months immediately following his or her disqualification under sub-paragraph (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2914/schedule/5/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-5
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