The Education (School Government) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Restrictions on persons taking part in proceedings

16.—(1) In regulation 57 of the principal regulations—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “the head teacher” there shall be substituted “a head teacher entitled to attend meetings”; and

(b) for paragraph (5) there shall be substituted—

“(5) A governor or member of a committee of the governing body at more than one school shall not be prevented from considering or voting upon any matter by reason that he or she is a governor or a member of a committee of the governing body at more than one school, and

(5A) Paragraph (5) applies irrespective of whether the interests of any school at which the person concerned is a governor or a member of a committee of the governing body conflict with the interests of any other school at which he or she is a governor or a member of a committee of the governing body.”.

(2) In Schedule 7 to the principal regulations—

(a) in the heading to paragraph 3, for “chairman or clerk” there shall be substituted “chairman, vice chairman or clerk”;

(b) in paragraph 3(1)(b), for the word “chairman”, in both cases where it occurs, there shall be substituted “chairman or vice chairman”; and

(c) after paragraph 4, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“Appointment of Staff

5.— (1) This sub-paragraph applies where a relevant person who is employed to work at a school is present at a meeting of the school at which a subject of consideration is the appointment of a successor to that person.

(2) In any case where sub-paragraph (1) applies, the person first mentioned in that sub-paragraph shall withdraw from the meeting during the consideration or discussion of the matter in question and shall not vote on any question with respect to that matter.”.