Valid from 13/10/2000
After section 66 of the 1980 Act there shall be inserted—
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, the Scottish Ministers may, for the purposes of—
(a)giving practical guidance on matters relating to inspections under section 66 of this Act (including, without prejudice to that generality, such matters as the making and publishing of reports on those inspections); and
(b)promoting what appear to them to be desirable practices with respect to these matters,
from time to time prepare, approve and issue such codes of practice as in their opinion are suitable for those purposes.
(2)Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to inspections of educational establishments which are institutions for the provision of any form of further education.”.