{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2007/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2007/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/957",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Community governors",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations “community governor” means a person who is appointed as a governor by the governing body and who is—\n(a) a person who lives or works in the community served by the school, or\n(b) a person who, in the opinion of the governing body, is committed to the good government and success of the school.\n(2) In the case of a community special school or a foundation special school the governing body must appoint as one of the community governors a person nominated in accordance with Schedule 3.\n(3) A person is disqualified from appointment as a community governor of a school if he is—\n(a) eligible to be a staff governor of the school; or\n(b) an elected member of the local education authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/1172",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) Order 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/957/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:56:43.292679+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."
}