(1)A local authority and the governing body of a maintained school must give the Welsh Ministers and any person specified in subsection (3) as much assistance in connection with the exercise of functions under or by virtue of this Chapter as they are reasonably able to give.
(2)The governing body of a maintained school and the local authority that maintains the school must also secure, so far as reasonably practicable, that persons who work at the school do the same.
(3)The specified persons are—
(a)any person authorised for the purposes of this section by the Welsh Ministers;
(b)any person acting under directions under this Chapter;
(c)any person assisting—
(i)the Welsh Ministers, or
(ii)a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).