(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 16th May 1992 the provisions of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 relating to the appointment of the Chief Inspectors for England and for Wales, the power to prescribe the fee for the registration of inspectors, the power of the Secretary of State to require information about schools, an amendment to and partial repeal of section 22 of the Education Reform Act 1988, which relates to information about schools, and ancillary provisions.
The Order also brings into force on 31st August 1992 further provisions relating to the Chief Inspectors and their staff, including the creation of offences of obstructing one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools in either England or Wales in the exercise of his functions, the remaining provisions relating to the registration of inspectors, the powers of the Chief Inspectors relating to training and ancillary provisions.