# The New Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005, Regulation 11: Temporary teacher governors


(1) A “temporary teacher governor” is a person who is appointed to be a member of the temporary governing body of a new school in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In the first case, a temporary teacher governor must be appointed by the temporary governing body.
(3) In the second case, a temporary teacher governor must be a person nominated by the promoters and appointed by the local education authority.
(4) Where one or more maintained schools have been, or are to be, discontinued and the registered pupils of the school or schools, or a substantial number of them, are expected to transfer to a new school,
(a) the local education authority, in the first case, or
(b) the promoters, in the second case,
may provide for the governing body of the discontinued school or schools to appoint some or all of the temporary teacher governors of the new school.
(5) No provision referred to in paragraph (4) above may be made in respect of a voluntary controlled school unless the local education authority has first consulted the promoters.
(6) No person may be nominated or appointed as a temporary teacher governor unless he or she is a school teacher employed at a maintained school.
(7) A temporary teacher governor is, upon ceasing to work at a maintained school, disqualified from continuing to hold office as such a temporary governor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2912/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-11
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