Any reference in these Regulations to the temporary governing body is a reference to the temporary or transitional governing body of any school or proposed school in respect of which the provision applies (whether such body is constituted under section 44 of the 1998 Act or treated as so constituted by virtue of regulation 13 of the School Organisation Regulations or regulation 13(5) of the Second Transitional Regulations), and any reference to a temporary governor is a reference to a member of such a temporary or transitional governing body.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a temporary governor of a particular category shall be interpreted in accordance with Part III.