SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Schools causing concern: amendments consequential on sections 55 and 56

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1

Section 17 of that Act (power of local education authority to suspend right to delegated budget) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (3) there is substituted—

3

Where this section so applies in the case of a school falling within section 15(4) (school with serious weaknesses) or section 15(6) (school requiring special measures), the power conferred by subsection (1) above is exercisable only if the following conditions are satisfied, namely—

a

the Secretary of State has given the local education authority a notice under section 16A(3) of the School Inspections Act 1996, and

b

a period of not less than ten days has elapsed since the date on which the copy was given.

3

In subsection (4), for “subsection (3)(c)” there is substituted “ subsection (3)(b) ”.