{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2012/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2012/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1035",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Local authority governors",
  "text": "(1) 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 having, in the opinion of the governing body, the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the federation and having met any additional eligibility criteria set by the governing body.\n(2) Where the federation includes schools which are maintained by two or more local authorities, those local authorities must agree who may nominate the local authority governor.\n(3) A person is disqualified from appointment as a local authority governor if the person is eligible to be a staff governor.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 16(1)(b) substituted (1.9.2015) by The School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1257), regs. 1, 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 1.9.2012, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1035/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:21.436068+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."
}