9.—(1) The governing body of every school maintained by an authority—
(a)which is not a special school and has registered pupils in the fourth key stage; or
(b)which is a special school and has registered pupils aged 15
shall make available to that authority the information relating to lesson time referred to in Schedule 4 for the purpose of enabling that authority to comply with its obligations under paragraph (2).
(2) The relevant body shall, within two weeks of receiving a written request from the Secretary of State, provide him with information in respect of relevant pupils for the reporting school year about the matters mentioned in Schedule 4.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) the relevant body is—
(a)in the case of a school maintained by an authority which is not a special school and has registered pupils in the fourth key stage, the authority;
(b)in the case of a grant-maintained school which has registered pupils in the fourth key stage, the governing body;
(c)in the case of an independent school which has registered pupils aged 15, the proprietor;
(d)in the case of a special school maintained by an authority which has registered pupils aged 15, the authority;
(e)in the case of a grant-maintained special school which has registered pupils aged 15, the governing body;
(f)in the case of a non-maintained special school which has registered pupils aged 15, the proprietor.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2), relevant pupils are registered pupils in the fourth key stage, or, in the case of a special school or an independent school, registered pupils aged 15.