Education (Scotland) Act 1980

19 Power of Secretary of State to prescribe standards for premises, etc., of educational establishments.S

(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations prescribing standards and F1. . . requirements which are to apply to the premises and equipment of educational establishments under the management of education authorities [F2or to the premises and equipment of self-governing schools], and regulations under this subsection may prescribe different standards or requirements in respect of such different classes (however defined) of educational establishment as may be specified in the regulations.

(2)It shall be the duty

[F3(a)of an education authority to secure that the premises and equipment of any educational establishment under their management conform to the standards and requirements applicable to that establishment][F4;

(b)of the board of management of a self-governing school to secure that the premises and equipment of the school conform to the standards and requirements applicable to that school]

and, in particular, that the premises and equipment of all educational establishments under their management [F4, or as the case may be of the self-governing school,] are maintained in such a condition as to conduce to the good health and safety of all persons occupying or frequenting the premises or using the equipment.

(3)Where the premises or equipment of any educational establishment under the management of an education authority [F5, or of any self-governing school,] do not conform to the standards or requirements applicable to that establishment [F6or school] or are not maintained as mentioned in subsection (2) above, the Secretary of State may, after consultation with the authority [F7or as the case may be with the board of management], direct that the premises or equipment be brought into conformity with the said standards or requirements or into the state of maintenance mentioned in that subsection (as the case may be) within a period to be specified in the direction; and it shall thereupon be the duty of [F8that authority or board] to comply with the direction.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in s. 19(1) repealed (18.9.1996) by 1996 c. 43, s. 36, Sch. 6; S.I. 1996/2250, art. 2.

F3Words from “of an education authority” to “that establishment” have become paragraph (a) of s. 19(2) by virtue of Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39, SIF 41:2), s. 82(1), Sch. 10 para. 8(6)(b)(i)