Regulation 21 Term of office

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), a governor shall hold office for a fixed period of four years from the date of his election or appointment.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply to any staff governor who is the head teacher of the school, or to any ex officio foundation governor, who may hold office for as long as he holds the position from which his governorship derives.

(3)

Paragraph (1) does not apply to any additional governor, additional foundation governor or interim executive member appointed under sections 16^f1, 16A^f2, 18^f3 or 18A^f4 of the 1998 Act whose term of office will be determined by the person who appointed him, up to a maximum of 4 years.

(4)

The instrument of government may specify a shorter term of office for a particular category of governor, not being less than 1 year.

(5)

A substitute governor^f5 may hold office until the earlier of the following—

(a)

the expiry of four years from the date when his appointment takes effect;

(b)

the date when the original governor (not having been removed from office under regulation 23 (2)) gives written notice to the clerk to the governing body to the effect that he is able and willing to act as a foundation governor; or

(c)

the date when a person other than the original governor takes office in the post by virtue of which the ex officio foundation governorship exists.

(6)

This regulation does not prevent a governor from—

(a)

being elected or appointed for a further term, save as otherwise provided in these regulations;

(b)

resigning his office in accordance with regulation 22(1);

(c)

being removed from office under regulations 23 to 26; or

(d)

being disqualified, by virtue of any provision of these Regulations, from holding or continuing to hold office.

(7)

In this regulation “the original governor” means the ex officio foundation governor in whose place the substitute governor is appointed to act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Amended by section 56 of the 2002 Act.
f2: Inserted by section 57 of the 2002 Act.
f3: Amended by section 56 of the 2002 Act.
f4: Inserted by section 58 of the 2002 Act.
f5: Defined by regulation 8(1).