{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2004/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2004/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2042",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Community governors",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations “community governor” means a person who is appointed as such by the governing body of a federation and who is—\n(a) a person who lives or works in the community served by the federation; or\n(b) a person who, in the opinion of the governing body, is committed to the good government and success of the federation.\n(2) If one or more of the federated schools is a community special school or foundation special school the governing body of the federation shall appoint as one of the community governors a person nominated in accordance with Schedule 4 in respect of each such school.\n(3) A person is disqualified from appointment as a community governor if he is—\n(a) a registered pupil at one of the federated schools;\n(b) eligible to be a staff governor; or\n(c) an elected member of the authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Within the meaning of section 20 of the 1998 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2042/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:20:43.530441+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."
}