# The School Governance (Transition from an Interim Executive Board) (England) Regulations 2004, Regulation 5: Arrangements for the establishment of a shadow governing body


(1) At least six months before the date given in a notice served under section 16A(1) or 18A(1) of, or paragraph 17(1) of Schedule 1A to, the 1998 Act, as the date on which the governing body will become a normally constituted governing body, the local education authority shall make arrangements providing for the establishment of a governing body for the school in anticipation of the transition to a normally constituted governing body.
(2) In these Regulations, a governing body so established is referred to as a shadow governing body and members of the shadow governing body are referred to as shadow governors.
(3) Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent the appointment of an interim executive member as a shadow governor.
(4) No person shall be appointed as a shadow foundation governor unless the local education authority have first consulted any person who would be entitled to appoint foundation governors under the instrument of government of the school if the governing body were a normally constituted governing body.
(5) In calculating the number of shadow governors required in each category in accordance with regulations 6 to 9, the numbers shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/530/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-transition-from-an-interim-executive-board-england-regulations-2004/regulation-5
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