PART 3CATEGORIES OF GOVERNOR

Foundation governors16

1

In these Regulations—

a

“foundation governor” (“llywodraethwr sefydledig”) means a person who is appointed to be a member of the governing body of a federation in respect of a particular federated school, otherwise than by the local authority, and who—

i

where the federation includes a federated school which has a particular religious character11, is appointed for the purpose of securing that that character is preserved and developed at that federated school;

ii

where the federation includes a federated school to which a trust relates, is appointed for the purpose of securing that the federated school is conducted in accordance with that trust, or

iii

where the federation includes a school which has neither a religious character nor a trust, is appointed as a foundation governor of the federation by a person previously named in the federated school’s instrument of government as having the power to appoint foundation governors;

b

“ex officio foundation governor” (“llywodraethwr sefydledig ex officio”) means a foundation governor who is the holder of an office by virtue of which he or she is entitled to be a foundation governor;

c

“substitute governor” (“dirprwy-lywodraethwr”) means a foundation governor appointed to act in place of an ex officio foundation governor—

i

who is unwilling or unable to act as governor;

ii

who has been removed as a governor under regulation 35(2); or

iii

if there is a vacancy in the office by virtue of which such a governorship exists.

2

An ex officio foundation governor is, upon ceasing to hold the office from which his or her governorship derives, disqualified from continuing to hold office as such a governor.