SCHEDULE 2Amendment of Education Subordinate Legislation

School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/957)

14.—(1) The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3(2) for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

(c)the local authority is a reference to the local authority who maintain the school;.

(3) In regulation 4(2) for “local education authority” substitute “local authority”.

(4) For regulation 6 substitute—

Authority governors

6.(1) In these Regulations “authority governor” means a person who is appointed as a governor by the local authority.

(2) A person is disqualified from appointment as an authority governor if that person is eligible to be a staff governor of the school..

(5) In regulations 7(3)(b), 8(1) and 9(2)(c) for “local education authority” substitute “local authority”.

(6) For regulation 9(2)(d) substitute—

(d)employed by the local authority in connection with their education functions..

(7) In regulation 12(3)(c) for “LEA governor” substitute “authority governor”.

(8) In regulations 13(1)(c), 14(1)(c), 15(1)(c), 16(1)(c), 17(1)(c) and 18(1)(a) for “LEA governors” substitute “authority governors”.

(9) For the heading to regulation 24 substitute—

Removal of authority and foundation governors.

(10) In regulation 24(1) for “LEA governor” substitute “authority governor”.

(11) In regulation 29 for “local education authorities” substitute “local authorities”.

(12) In regulations 31, 32 and 33 for “local education authority” in each place where those words occur substitute “local authority”.

(13) In Schedules 1, 3 and 4 for “local education authority” in each place where those words occur substitute “local authority”.

(14) In paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 6 for “LEA governor” substitute “authority governor”.