Partnership governors
18.—(1) In these Regulations “partnership governor” means a person who is appointed as such in accordance with Schedule 4.
(2) A person is disqualified from nomination or appointment as a partnership governor of a federation if the person is—
(a)a parent of a registered pupil at a school within the federation;
(b)eligible to be a staff governor of the federation;
(c)an elected member of a relevant local authority; or
(d)employed by a relevant local authority in connection with their education functions.
(3) The disqualification criterion in paragraph (2)(d) does not apply in the case of a person who is employed by a local authority in England under a contract of employment providing for the person to work wholly at a school or schools maintained by the local authority.