 unless, in addition to their governance duties, they also engage in regulated activity. 319. Schools should also carry out a section 128 check for school governors, because a person prevented from participating in the management of an independent school by a section 128 direction, is also disqualified from being a governor of a maintained school. Using GOV.UK schools can check if a person they propose to recruit as a governor is barred as a result of being subject to a section 128 direction. There is no requirement for schools to record this information on the single central record, but they can if they chose to. 320. Associate members are appointed by the governing body to serve on one or more governing body committees. The School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 which make enhanced DBS checks mandatory for maintained school governors do not apply to associate members, and so there is no requirement for them to be checked unless they also engage in regulated activity at their school. Sixth form college governors 321. Governing bodies in sixth form colleges can request an enhanced DBS check without a children’s barred list check. 322. An enhanced DBS check with children’s barred list information should only be requested if the governor will be engaging in regulated activity relating to children. 108 The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012 were amended by the School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 to include this requirement. 86 Proprietors of independent schools, including academies and free schools and proprietors of alternative provision academies 109 323. Before an individual becomes either the proprietor of an independent school or the chair of a