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.