Education Act 1996

464 Separate registration for England and for Wales.E+W

(1)A register of all independent schools in England shall be kept by an officer of the Secretary of State who is appointed by the Secretary of State to be Registrar of Independent Schools for England.

(2)A register of all independent schools in Wales shall be kept by an officer of the Secretary of State who is appointed by the Secretary of State to be Registrar of Independent Schools for Wales.

(3)Each register shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

(4)In this Part “the Registrar of Independent Schools” (or “the Registrar”) means—

(a)in relation to a school in England, the Registrar of Independent Schools for England, and

(b)in relation to a school in Wales, the Registrar of Independent Schools for Wales,

and references, in relation to a school, to the register or to registration are to the register kept by the relevant Registrar or to registration in that register.