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The Education (School Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/601 · Made 2 March 1999

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 2nd March 1999

Laid before Parliament 9th March 1999

Coming into force 1st April 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 15(2), 17(3)(d) and 45(3) of, and paragraph 6(a)(ii) of Schedule 3 to, the School Inspections Act 1996f1, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 56.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Notification of inspection
  4. 4Reports
  5. 5Reports and action plans
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the 1997 Regulations” means the Education (School Inspection) Regulations 1997f1.

3Notification of inspection

(1)

In regulation 5(1)(c) of the 1997 Regulations there shall be substituted for the words “the funding authority” the words “a person appearing to them to be an appropriate officer of the local education authority”.

(2)

For regulation 5(2)(a) of the 1997 Regulations there shall be substituted–

“(a)

a reference to “a school which has a delegated budget” is a reference to a school which has a delegated budget within the meaning of Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998f1”.

4Reports

In regulation 7(2) of the 1997 Regulations there shall be substituted for the words “five weeks” the words “six weeks”.

5Reports and action plans

Regulation 13(4)(b) of the 1997 Regulations shall be omitted.

Signature

Estelle Morris

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Employment

2nd March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (School Inspection) Regulations 1997 so as to refer to schools' delegated budgets within the meaning of Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. References to the funding authority (the Funding Agency for Schools) are also removed. The Regulations also extend the period of time within which registered inspectors must complete reports of school inspections from 5 weeks to 6 weeks.