The Education (School Inspection) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Amendment of Regulations

2.—(1) Regulation 7 of the Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (3), after the words “appropriate authority”, for “is” there is substituted “are”, and in sub-paragraph (a) for the words “when the inspector reported to them” there are substituted the words “on which they receive the report”.

(3) For paragraphs (4) and (5) there are substituted the following paragraphs—

“(4) For the purposes of paragraph 10(3) and (4) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Act and section 210(3) and (4) of the 1993 Act there is prescribed, as the period within which the appropriate authority are to distribute in accordance with those enactments copies of an action plan prepared by them,—

(a) in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (3)(a), five working days from the date on which the appropriate authority complete the preparation of the action plan; and

(b) in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (3)(b), two days from the date on which the appropriate authority complete the preparation of the action plan or forty-two days from the date on which they receive the report, whichever first occurs.

(5) Where an action plan has been prepared by the appropriate authority they shall send copies of it (in addition to the persons mentioned in paragraph 10(3) and (4) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Act or subsections (3) and (5), or (3) to (5), of section 210 of the 1993 Act, as the case may be) as follows—

(a) in all cases, to all persons employed at the school;

(b) in the case of a secondary school, to the Training and Enterprise Council for the area in which the school is situated; and

(c) in the case of a special school not being maintained by a local education authority, or an independent school approved by the Secretary of State under section 11(3)(a) of the Education Act 1981, to a further education funding council or any local education authority, if that body are paying fees in respect of the provision of education to any person at the school.”.

(4) In paragraph (6) for the words following the words “the period of” there are substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(a) ten days from the date on which they receive a copy of the action plan in respect of the school in question; or

(b) fifty-two days from the date on which the appropriate authority for the school receive the report of the inspection; whichever first occurs.”.