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The Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1994

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Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Governing Body

19.—(1) The Governing Body shall each school year, at their first meeting in that year, elect a Chairman and a Vice-chairman from among their number (subject however to sub-paragraph (2) below).

(2) A governor who is a member of the staff of the School, or is a registered pupil thereat, shall not be eligible for election as Chairman or Vice-chairman.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) below, the Chairman or Vice-chairman shall hold office as such until his successor has been elected in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above.

(4) The Chairman or Vice-chairman may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Clerk to the Governing Body.

(5) the Chairman or Vice-chairman shall cease to hold office if—

(a)he ceases to be a member of the Governing Body;

(b)in the case of the Chairman, he is removed from office in accordance with paragraph 20 below; or

(c)in the case of the Vice-chairman, he is elected in accordance with sub-paragraph (6) below to fill a vacancy in the office of Chairman.

(6) Where by reason of any of the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) above a vacancy arises in the office of Chairman or Vice-chairman, the Governing Body shall at their next meeting elect one of their number to fill that vacancy (subject however to sub-paragraph (2) above).

(7) Subject to sub-paragraph (8) below, where the chairman is absent from any meeting or there is at the time a vacancy in the office of the Chairman, the Vice-chairman shall act as the chairman for the purposes of the meeting.

(8) Where in the circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (7) above the Vice-chairman is absent from the meeting or there is at the time a vacancy in the office of Vice-chairman, the Governing Body shall elect one of their number to act as chairman for the purposes of that meeting, provided that the governor elected shall not be a member of the staff of the School, or a registered pupil thereat.

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