Education Act 1996

544 Approval etc. of school premises and boarding hostels.E+W

(1)Regulations may make provision requiring the Secretary of State’s approval F1. . . to be obtained for the provision of new premises for, or the alteration of the premises of—

(a)any school to which this section applies, or

(b)any boarding hostel provided by a [F2local authority] for persons receiving education at any such school.

(2)Regulations may make provision for the inspection of any such hostel.

(3)The schools to which this section applies are—

(a)any school maintained by a [F2local authority], [F3and]

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)any special school not maintained by a [F2local authority].