The Education (School Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Made: 2nd March 1999

Laid before Parliament: 9th March 1999

Coming into force: 1st April 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 15(2), 17(3)(d) and 45(3) of, and paragraph 6(a)(ii) of Schedule 3 to, the School Inspections Act 1996¹, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

Interpretation

2

In these Regulations, “the 1997 Regulations” means the Education (School Inspection) Regulations 1997².

Notification of inspection

3

• (1) In regulation 5(1)(c) of the 1997 Regulations there shall be substituted for the words “the funding authority” the words “a person appearing to them to be an appropriate officer of the local education authority”.

• (2) For regulation 5(2)(a) of the 1997 Regulations there shall be substituted–

(a) a reference to “a school which has a delegated budget” is a reference to a school which has a delegated budget within the meaning of Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998³

Reports

4

In regulation 7(2) of the 1997 Regulations there shall be substituted for the words “five weeks” the words “six weeks”.

Reports and action plans

5

Regulation 13(4)(b) of the 1997 Regulations shall be omitted.

Signed

Estelle Morris — Minister of State, — Department for Education and Employment — 2nd March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (School Inspection) Regulations 1997 so as to refer to schools' delegated budgets within the meaning of Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. References to the funding authority (the Funding Agency for Schools) are also removed. The Regulations also extend the period of time within which registered inspectors must complete reports of school inspections from 5 weeks to 6 weeks.

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