Regulation 9 Partnership governors
In these Regulations “partnership governor” means—
where the school has a religious character, a person who is nominated as a partnership governor and appointed in accordance with Schedule 4 for the purpose of securing that such religious character is preserved and developed, and
in any other case, a person who is nominated as a partnership governor and appointed as such in accordance with Schedule 4.
A person is disqualified from nomination or appointment as a partnership governor of a school if he is—
a parent of a registered pupil at the school;
eligible to be a staff governor of the school;
an elected member of the local education authority; or
employed by the local education authority in connection with their functions as a local education authority.