SCHEDULE 7RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONS TAKING PART IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OR THEIR COMMITTEES

Office of governor, chairman or clerk

3.—(1) This sub-paragraph applies where a relevant person is present at a meeting of the school at which a subject of consideration is—

(a)his own appointment, reappointment or removal as a member of the governing body or a committee of the governing body;

(b)his own appointment or removal from office as clerk to or chairman of the governing body or a clerk to or chairman of a committee of the governing body; or

(c)if he is an additional co-opted governor nominated by a particular category of person, any determination under paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 9 to the 1998 Act as to the provision in the instrument of government for additional co-opted governors nominated by that category of person.

(2) In any case where sub-paragraph (1) applies, the relevant person 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.