# The School Governance (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2015, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012 (“the 2012 Regulations”) set out the arrangements for the constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools in England. The School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) (England) Regulations 2013 (“the 2013 Regulations”) set out the procedures to be adopted by governing bodies of all such schools.
Regulations 2, 3, 4 and 6 of these Regulations amend, respectively, the School Governance (Collaboration) (England) Regulations 2003, the School Governance (New School) (England) Regulations 2007, the Collaboration Arrangements (Maintained Schools and Further Education Bodies) (England) Regulations 2007 and the School Governance (Transition from an Interim Executive Board) (England) Regulations 2010 in order to align the arrangements for the constitution and procedures of temporary governing bodies, shadow governing bodies and joint committees of governing bodies, with the arrangements for the constitution and procedures of governing bodies set out in the 2012 and 2013 Regulations.
Regulation 1 of these Regulations provides that temporary governing bodies and shadow governing bodies constituted before 1st September 2015 do not need to comply with the amendments in these Regulations which would otherwise have applied to them.
Regulation 5 amends regulation 4 of the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009, in order to allow governing bodies to delegate certain functions in relation to members of their staff to committees (which can also include associate members).
Regulation 7 of these Regulations amends the 2012 Regulations. Regulation 18 of the 2012 Regulations provides that a governor holds office for a fixed period of four years. A governing body may, however, determine that a particular category of governor may hold office for a shorter period. These Regulations amend regulation 18 to allow governing bodies to decide whether individual governors within a particular category could also hold office for a shorter period, that period to be decided in individual cases by those making the appointment.
An Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/883/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2015/note
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