{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-referral-units-closure-england-regulations-2010/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-referral-units-closure-england-regulations-2010/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1071",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Closure) (England) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-referral-units-closure-england-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Units: closure subject to consent of Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) In ... the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) in relation to a unit, a local authority must obtain the consent of the Secretary of State before discontinuing the unit.\n(2) The circumstances are—\n(a) that the circumstances set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of—\n(i) section 61 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (significant improvement required); or\n(ii) section 62 of that Act (special measures required),\napply in relation to the unit;\n(b) that the Chief Inspector has notified the unit that an inspection of the unit is to take place under section 5 or 8 of the Education Act 2005; or\n(c) that the Secretary of State has given the local authority a notice under section 69 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (as that provision is applied to units with modifications by regulation 24(1) of the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Management Committees etc) (England) Regulations 2007 (power of Secretary of State to notify authority that committee is to consist of interim executive members)).\n(3) In the circumstances specified in paragraph (2)(b), the requirement in paragraph (1) to obtain consent ceases to apply when—\n(a) a report of the inspection is published under section 11 of the Education Act 2005, or\n(b) the Chief Inspector gives notice to the authority that no report of the inspection is to be made.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1) omitted (1.9.2012) by virtue of The Pupil Referral Units (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1825), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Regulations substituted (1.9.2012) by The Pupil Referral Units (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1825), regs. 1(1), 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (1.9.2012) by The Pupil Referral Units (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1825), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2) substituted (1.9.2012) by The Pupil Referral Units (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1825), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 modified (temp.) (1.9.2010) by The Education (Short Stay Schools) (Closure) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1920), regs. 1, 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 1.9.2010, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1071/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:44:37.718917+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."
}