# The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2007, Regulation 17: Foundation governors


(1) In these Regulations,
(a) “foundation governor” means a person who is appointed to be a member of the governing body of the federation in respect of a particular federated school, otherwise than by the local education authority and who—
(i) is appointed for the purposes of securing that the character of the federated school, including where the federated school has a particular religious character, such religious character, is preserved, and
(ii) where the federated school has a foundation, is appointed for the purpose of securing that the federated school is conducted in accordance with the foundation’s governing documents, including, where appropriate, any trust deed relating to the federated school;
(b) “ex officio foundation governor” means a foundation governor who is the holder of an office by virtue of which he is entitled to be a foundation governor; and
(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 24(3) of the Constitution Regulations.
(2) An ex officio foundation governor is, upon ceasing to hold the office from which his governorship derives, disqualified from continuing to hold office as such a governor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/960/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2007/regulation-17
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