20.—(1) Any governor required by the instrument of government for a new LEA maintained school other than—
(a)the head teacher;
(b)a co-opted governor (not including an additional co-opted governor);
(c)an ex officio foundation governor; or
(d)a substitute governor;
shall hold office for a term of four years.
(2) Any co-opted governor required by the instrument of government for a new LEA maintained school (other than an additional co-opted governor) shall hold office for the term of one year.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, “substitute governor” means any foundation governor appointed to act in the place of an ex officio foundation governor by virtue of regulation 11, and “the original governor” means the ex officio foundation governor in whose place the substitute governor is appointed to act.
(4) The substitute governor shall hold office until the earlier of the following—
(a)the expiry of four years from the date of his appointment;
(b)the date when the original governor gives written notice to the clerk to the governing body to the effect that he is able and willing to act as a foundation governor; or
(c)the date when a person other than the original governor takes office in the post by virtue of which the ex officio governorship exists.
(5) This regulation shall not prevent a governor—
(a)from being elected or appointed for a further term; or
(b)from being disqualified, by virtue of provision made under these regulations, for continuing to hold office.