The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014

Establishment of committees of the governing body

66.—(1) This regulation applies to committees of the governing body subject to regulations 67, 68 and 69.

(2) The governing body must determine the constitution, membership and terms of reference of any committee it decides to establish and review them annually.

(3) A chair must be appointed annually to each committee by the governing body or elected by the committee, as determined by the governing body.

(4) A committee must elect a member of that committee to act as chair in the absence of the chair appointed under paragraph (3).

(5) No person who is employed to work at the federation or a federated school, nor a registered pupil of the federation or a federated school may act as chair of a committee.

(6) The governing body may remove the chair to any committee from office at any time.

(7) The membership of a committee may include associate pupil governors and persons who are not governors and the extent to which such members are entitled to vote is to be determined by the governing body.

(8) The majority of members on any committee must be governors excluding associate pupil governors.