SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 26 Inspection of nursery education
Registration of nursery education inspectors
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1
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England shall establish and maintain a register of nursery education inspectors for England and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales shall establish and maintain a register of nursery education inspectors for Wales.
2
The Chief Inspector—
a
shall give guidance to registered nursery education inspectors and such other persons as he considers appropriate in connection with inspections under paragraph 6 and the making of reports of such inspections, and
b
shall keep under review the system of inspections under paragraph 6 and, in particular, the standard of such inspections and of the reports made of them.
3
The Chief Inspector shall not register a person under this paragraph unless, having regard to any conditions that he proposes to impose under sub-paragraph (5)(c), it appears to him that the person—
a
is a fit and proper person for discharging the functions of a registered nursery education inspector, and
b
will be capable of conducting inspections under paragraph 6 competently and effectively and no person shall be so registered if he falls within a category of persons prescribed for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.
4
An application for registration under this paragraph—
a
shall be made in such manner, and be accompanied by such particulars, as the Chief Inspector may direct, and
b
shall be accompanied by such fee (if any) as may be prescribed.
5
On an application duly made under this paragraph the Chief Inspector may—
a
register the applicant,
b
refuse to register him, or
c
register him subject to such conditions as the Chief Inspector considers it appropriate to impose.
6
Conditions imposed under sub-paragraph (5)(c) may be conditions applying generally in relation to all cases, or particular classes of case, or such conditions together with specific conditions applying in the particular case.
7
Where a person is registered subject to conditions imposed under sub-paragraph (5)(c), he shall be taken to be authorised to act as a registered nursery education inspector only so far as those conditions permit.
8
The period for which any registration is to have effect shall be determined by the Chief Inspector and shall be entered in the register kept by him.
9
Nothing in sub-paragraph (8) is to be taken as preventing a registered nursery education inspector from applying for a fresh registration to take effect immediately on the expiry of his current registration.