{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2012/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1034",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Local authority governor",
  "text": "In these Regulations “local authority governor” means a person who—\n(a) is nominated by the local authority; and\n(b) is appointed by the governing body as a governor having, in the opinion of the governing body, the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school and having met any additional eligibility criteria set by the governing body.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 8(b) substituted (1.9.2015) by The School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1257), regs. 1, 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.9.2012, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1034/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:22.088098+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."
}