In this Schedule—

• “the appropriate authority” (“yr awdurdod priodol”) means—

  1. a

     where this Schedule applies by virtue of a notice under section 7, the local authority that gave the notice, and

  2. b

     where this Schedule applies by virtue of a notice under section 14, the Welsh Ministers;

• “existing governors” (“llywodraethwyr presennol”), in relation to a school in respect of which a notice under section 7 or 14 has been given, means the governors who hold office immediately before the governing body becomes constituted in accordance with this Schedule;

• “the interim period” (“y cyfnod interim”), in relation to a school in respect of which a notice under section 7 or 14 has been given, means the period during which the governing body is constituted in accordance with this Schedule;

• “a normally constituted governing body” (“corff llywodraethu a gyfansoddwyd yn normal”) means a governing body constituted in accordance with regulations made by virtue of section 19 of the Education Act 2002 (governing bodies).

In this Schedule any reference to the discontinuance of a maintained school is a reference to the local authority ceasing to maintain it.