{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2012/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2012/regulation-9.json",
  "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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Foundation governor",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n(a) “foundation governor” means a person who—\n(i) is appointed as a governor by any person other than the local authority,\n(ii) is appointed for the purpose of securing that the character of the school including, where the school has a particular religious character such religious character, is preserved and developed,\n(iii) where the school has a foundation, is appointed for the purpose of securing that the school is conducted in accordance with the foundation’s governing documents, including, where appropriate, any trust deed relating to the school, ...\n(iv) would, in the opinion of the person entitled to appoint the foundation governor, be capable of achieving the purposes for which they would be appointed as a foundation governor; and\n(v) has, in the opinion of the person entitled to appoint the foundation governor, the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school.\n(b) “ex officio foundation governor” means a person who is a foundation governor by virtue of an office held by the person;\n(c) “substitute governor” means a foundation governor appointed to act in the place of an ex officio foundation governor who is unwilling or unable to act as a governor or has been removed from office under regulation 21(1).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 9(a)(iii) omitted (1.9.2015) by virtue of The School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1257), regs. 1, 2(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 9(a)(iv) inserted (1.9.2015) by The School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1257), regs. 1, 2(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 9(a)(v) inserted (1.9.2015) by The School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1257), regs. 1, 2(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 in force at 1.9.2012, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As designated by order of the Secretary of State under section 69(3) of SSFA 1998."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1034/regulation/9",
    "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."
}