{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/staffing-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-21",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2006/873",
  "legislation_title": "The Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/staffing-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Advice of chief education officer on appointments of teachers",
  "text": "(1) The chief education officer of the local education authority, or his or her representative, is entitled to attend, for the purpose of giving advice—\n(a) all proceedings (including interviews) of the governing body, and of any selection panel appointed under regulation 24(8), relating to appointments or engagements to which any of the provisions of regulations 24 or 26(12) to (16), and\n(b) all proceedings (including interviews) of the governing body, and of any persons to whom any functions of the governing body under regulation 26 are delegated, relating to appointments or engagements to which any of the provisions of regulation 26 apply.\n(2) The chief education officer, or his or her representative, is entitled to offer such advice as he or she considers appropriate with respect to—\n(a) the appointment of a head teacher or deputy head teacher or the appointment or engagement of an acting head teacher or an acting deputy head teacher, or\n(b) any matter arising in connection with any such appointment or engagement.\n(3) Any advice given by the chief education officer, or his or her representative, to—\n(a) the governing body,\n(b) any selection panel appointed under regulation 24(8), or\n(c) any persons to whom any functions of the governing body under regulation 26 are delegated,\nwith respect to any matter which relates to an appointment or engagement and falls to be determined by them must be considered by them before determining that matter, whether or not the advice was given at their request.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2007/944",
      "affecting_title": "The Staffing of Maintained Schools (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/873/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:12.908032+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."
}