The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Management Committees etc.) (England) Regulations 2007

Delegation of functions

22.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), an authority must delegate the functions mentioned in paragraph (2) relating to a unit to the committee, together with such of the authority’s powers as are requisite for discharging those functions.

(2) The functions are—

(a) conducting the unit;

(b) the authority’s functions under paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996 (complaints relating to the curriculum);

(c) the authority’s functions under section 88 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006(1) (responsibility for discipline).

(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following—

(a) the authority’s functions under—

(i) section 62 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(2) (authority’s reserve power to prevent a breakdown of discipline),

(ii) Schedule 13 to that Act (control of school premises), and

(iii) section 29(5) of the Education Act 2002(3) (direction by authority concerning health and safety);

(b) any power to appoint, dismiss or suspend teachers and non-teaching staff at the unit;

(c) any power to spend any sum of money appropriated by the authority for the purposes of the unit.

(1)

2006 c. 40.

(2)

1998 c. 31.

(3)

2002 c. 32.