Arrangements for the establishment of shadow governing body5
1
At least six months before the date given in a notice served under section 16A(1)6 or 18A(1)7 of, or paragraph 17(1) of Schedule 1A to, the 1998 Act, as the date on which the governing body is to become a normally constituted governing body, the authority must make arrangements providing for the establishment of a governing body for the school in anticipation of the transition to a normally constituted governing body8.
2
In these Regulations, a governing body so established is referred to as a shadow governing body and members of the shadow governing body are referred to as shadow governors.
3
Nothing in these Regulations prevents the appointment or election of an interim executive member as a shadow governor.