The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014

11.—(1) Where the school is a community special school, in appointing a parent governor the governing body of a federation must appoint—

(a)a parent of a registered pupil at the school;

(b)a parent of a child of compulsory school age with special educational needs;

(c)a parent of a person of any age with special educational needs; or

(d)a parent of a child of compulsory school age.

(2) The governing body of a federation must only appoint a person referred to in paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (d) if there is no other person to be appointed from an earlier paragraph in the list set out in sub-paragraph (1).