Part I School Inspections
Chapter II PROCEDURE FOR INSPECTIONS UNDER CHAPTER I
Introductory
12 Inspections by members of the Inspectorate.
1
Where an inspection of a school is required under section 10 but the Chief Inspector is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable to secure that the school is inspected by a suitable registered inspector, he shall secure that it is inspected by a member of the Inspectorate.
2
Where such an inspection is conducted by a member of the Inspectorate by virtue of this section, the following provisions, namely—
a
section 10(1), (2) and (5) and Schedule 3, and
b
section 13(1),
shall (unless the context otherwise requires) have effect in relation to the inspection as if the member of the Inspectorate were a registered inspector.
3
If the Chief Inspector so elects in the case of any inspection of a school by a member of the Inspectorate under section 2(2)(b), 3(1), 5(2)(b) or 6(1), that inspection shall be treated for the purposes of the relevant provisions—
a
as if it were an inspection under section 10, and
b
in the case of sections 10(1) and (2) and 13(1), as if the member of the Inspectorate were a registered inspector.
4
In subsection (3) “the relevant provisions means sections 10(1) and (2), 13(1) and 14 and—
a
(in the case of an inspection of a school falling within section 11(2)) sections 16 to 19; and
b
(in the case of an inspection of a school falling within section 11(3)) sections 20 to 22.