Section 67: Annual plan of the Chief Inspector
217.Estyn must prepare an annual plan for each financial year setting out estimates of income and expenditure necessary to carry out its work effectively (subsection (1)). The plan must include proposals for managing funds provided to Estyn from the Commission (under section 68) and from the Welsh Ministers (under section 104(4) of the Government of Wales Act 1998) (subsection (2)).
218.Estyn must submit the plan to the Commission and the Welsh Ministers for consultation and approval, by such date before the beginning of the financial year as the Commission and the Welsh Ministers may jointly direct (subsection (3)). Estyn may publish the plan after it has been approved by the Commission and the Welsh Ministers (subsection (4)).