Amendments to the School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2007
3.—(1) The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 14(1)(b) (staff governors) substitute—
“(b)a person who—
(i)is elected in accordance with Schedule 3 as a governor by persons who are employed by either the governing body of the federation or the local authority under a contract of employment providing for those persons to work at the federation or at a federated school; and
(ii)is employed by either the governing body of the federation or the local authority under a contract of employment providing for that person to work at the federation or at a federated school at the time of the election referred to in sub-paragraph (i).”
(3) In regulation 17(1) (foundation governors)—
(a)after sub-paragraph (a)(i) omit “and”; and
(b)after sub-paragraph (a)(ii) add—
“and,
(iii)would, in the opinion of the person entitled to appoint the foundation governor, be capable of achieving the purposes for which they would be appointed as a foundation governor.”
(4) After regulation 18(2) (partnership governors) add—
“(3) The disqualification criterion in paragraph (2)(d) does not apply in the case of a person who is employed by a local authority in England under a contract of employment providing for the person to work wholly at a school or schools maintained by the local authority .”
S.I.2007/960, amended by S.I. 2007/3464, S.I. 2009/1556, S.I. 2010/1172 and S.I. 2011/1725.