C1Part III INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
73 Enforcement.
1
Where an order is made by the F1Secretary of State for Education and Science or by an Independent Schools Tribunal directing that any school be struck off the register, the Registrar of Independent Schools shall as from the date on which the direction takes effect strike the school off the register.
C22
If any person uses any premises for purposes for which they are disqualified by virtue of any order made under this Part of this Act, that person shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 4 on the standard scale or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction (whether in respect of the same or other premises) to a fine not exceeding F2level 4 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such imprisonment and such fine.
C23
If any person acts as the proprietor of an independent school, or accepts or endeavours to obtain employment as a teacher in any school, while he is disqualified from so acting or from being so employed by virtue of any such order as aforesaid, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 4 on the standard scale or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 4 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such imprisonment and such fine.
4
No proceedings shall be instituted for an offence against this Part of this Act except by or on behalf of the F1Secretary of State for Education and Science.
F35
For the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, a person who is disqualified by an order made under Part IV of the M1Education (Scotland) Act 1945 from being the proprietor of an independent school or from being a teacher in any school shall be deemed to be so disqualified by virtue of an order made under this Part of this Act.
Functions of Secretary of State for Education and Science under Part III in relation to independent schools in Wales now exercisable by Secretary of State for Wales: S.I. 1970/1536, arts. 2(1), 5(1)