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(1)The instrument of government for the governing body of a group shall provide for the governing body to include parent governors.
(2)The number of parent governors shall not be—
(a)less than three, or
(b)subject to paragraph (a) above, more than the number of schools in the group.
(3)Subject to subsection (6) below, the parent governors shall be elected by persons who are registered parents of registered pupils at schools in the group, but, if any of the schools in the group is established in a hospital, the instrument may provide for any of the parent governors to be appointed by the other members of the governing body.
(4)To qualify for such election a person must himself when he is elected be a registered parent of a registered pupil at one of the schools in the group and, to qualify for such appointment, a person must when he is appointed be such a parent or, if that is not reasonably practicable, a parent of one or more children of compulsory school age.
(5)The instrument shall provide for each parent governor to hold office for a term of four years.
(6)The instrument shall provide that if—
(a)one or more vacancies for parent governors are required to be filled by election, and
(b)the number of parents standing for election as parent governors is less than the number of vacancies,
the required number of parent governors shall be made up by persons appointed by the other members of the governing body.
(7)The instrument shall require governors, in appointing a person under a provision made by virtue of subsection (6) above—
(a)to appoint a person who is the registered parent of a registered pupil at one of the schools in the group, where it is reasonably practicable to do so, and
(b)where it is not, to appoint a person who is the parent of one or more children of compulsory school age.
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