# School Education (Ministerial Powers and Independent Schools) (Scotland) Act 2004, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act of the Scottish Parliament to confer power on the Scottish Ministers, following inspection of a public or grant-aided school or of an education authority, to direct the school managers or the authority to take specified action; to provide that all non-public schools which provide full-time education for pupils of school age are independent schools; to abolish provisional registration of independent schools; to make amended provision for the registration and regulation of independent schools; to provide for appeals to the sheriff principal against certain decisions by the Scottish Ministers in relation to such schools; and for connected purposes.
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 6th October 2004 and received Royal Assent on 12th November 2004

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/12/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-education-ministerial-powers-and-independent-schools-scotland-act-2004/introduction
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