Part 4Regulation and inspection of independent educational provision in England
Chapter 1Independent educational institutions in England
Inspections and reports
I1111Fees for inspections by Chief Inspector under this Chapter
1
Regulations may require the proprietor of an institution to which this section applies to pay to the Chief Inspector a fee in respect of an inspection of the institution carried out by the Chief Inspector under this Chapter.
2
Regulations under this section must make provision for determining—
a
the amount of any fee, and
b
the time at which it must be paid.
3
Regulations under this section may make provision—
a
for determining the amount of a fee by reference to circumstances obtaining at a time before the inspection to which it relates takes place;
b
requiring two or more fees to be paid in respect of an inspection under section 108 (inspections at prescribed intervals);
c
requiring a fee to be paid at a time before the inspection to which it relates takes place;
d
prescribing circumstances in which the amount of a fee may be varied or a fee may be waived;
e
conferring a discretion on the Secretary of State.
4
The power in subsection (3)(c)—
a
does not include power to make provision requiring a fee in respect of an inspection under section 108 to be paid at any time at which an independent inspectorate is approved in relation to the institution;
b
includes power to make provision as to circumstances in which a fee is not to be refunded (and any requirement to pay a fee is to be unaffected) if the inspection to which it relates does not take place.
5
Without prejudice to section 166(6), regulations under this section may make different provision—
a
for inspections of different descriptions of institution, or
b
for inspections carried out for different purposes or in different circumstances.
6
This section applies to any registered independent educational institution that is not—
a
an Academy,
b
a city technology college, or
c
a city college for the technology of the arts.