{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-new-schools-england-regulations-2007/regulation-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-new-schools-england-regulations-2007/regulation-54.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/958",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (New Schools) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-new-schools-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/54",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Appointment or election of new governors",
  "text": "(1) The following paragraphs apply in relation to the appointment or election of governors required to constitute the governing body pursuant to regulation 52(3).\n(2) Any parent governor must be either—\n(a) elected (after the school opening date) by the parents of registered pupils at the new school and must himself be such a parent at the time when he is elected; or\n(b) appointed (after the school opening date) by the temporary governing body in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Constitution Regulations.\n(3) After the school opening date—\n(a) any staff governor is to be elected in accordance with regulation 5 of and Schedule 2 to the Constitution Regulations; and\n(b) any partnership governor is to be a person nominated and appointed in accordance with regulation 9 of and Schedule 4 to the Constitution Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/1034",
      "affecting_title": "The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/1034",
      "affecting_title": "The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/958/regulation/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:56:42.580809+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."
}