{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-106",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-106.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/25",
  "legislation_title": "Education and Skills Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008",
  "path": "section/106",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "106",
  "heading": "Independent inspectorates",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may—\n(a) approve a body or bodies to carry out inspections of registered independent educational institutions;\n(b) withdraw approval previously given under paragraph (a).\n(2) The Secretary of State may approve a body in relation to—\n(a) specified registered independent educational institutions, or\n(b) registered independent educational institutions of a specified description.\nIn this subsection “specified” means specified by the Secretary of State.\n(3) The power in subsection (2)(b) to specify a description of independent educational institution includes power to specify a description by reference to membership of a body.\n(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations specify matters that must be taken into account in deciding to approve or withdraw approval from a body under this section.\n(5) In this Chapter, “an independent inspectorate” means a body approved under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 106 in force at 19.6.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/1513, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 106 in force at 8.9.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/2379, art. 2(a) (with art. 3) (which transitional provisions in art. 3 are revoked (22.12.2014) by S.I. 2014/3364, art. 3(3), Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/106",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:44.607074+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}