PART 6 General Conduct of New Schools

Rights of persons to attend meetings of the governing body

42.—(1) Subject to regulation 46 and to Schedule 3–

(a) the following persons shall be entitled to attend any meeting of the temporary governing body or their committees–

(i) subject to regulation 47, a temporary governor;

(ii) the head teacher or head teacher designate of the new school, whether or not he is a temporary governor of that school;

(iii) the clerk to that meeting; and

(iv) such other persons as the temporary governing body may determine;

(b) a temporary associate member shall be entitled to attend–

(i) any meeting of the temporary governing body; and

(ii) any meeting of a committee to which he has been appointed.

(2) The temporary governing body may exclude a temporary associate member from any part of their meeting or from a meeting of a committee of the temporary governing body when the business under consideration concerns a person who is, or is likely to become, a member of staff or pupil at the new school.