Local authority governors
17.—(1) In these Regulations “local authority governor” (“llywodraethwr awdurdod lleol”) means a governor appointed to be a member of the governing body of a federation by the local authority that maintains the federated schools.
(2) Where the federation includes schools which are maintained by two or more local authorities, those local authorities must agree amongst themselves who will appoint such governors and, if more than one governor is to be appointed, in what proportion.
(3) A person is disqualified from appointment or continuing to hold office as a local authority governor if that person is eligible to be a teacher or staff governor.