{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/schools-consultation-scotland-act-2010/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/schools-consultation-scotland-act-2010/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/2",
  "legislation_title": "Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/schools-consultation-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Involvement of the Chief Inspector",
  "text": "(1) The education authority must send to the Chief Inspector —\n(a) when published, a copy of the proposal paper,\n(b) as regards any relevant written representations received by the authority (from any person) during the consultation period—\n(i) a copy of them, or\n(ii) if the Chief Inspector agrees, a summary of them,\n(c) a summary of any oral representations made to it (by any person) at the public meeting,\n(d) as available (and so far as otherwise practicable), a copy of any other relevant documentation.\n(2) The Chief Inspector is to prepare a report on the educational aspects of the relevant proposal.\n(3) In preparing the report, the Chief Inspector may—\n(a) enter any affected school and make such reasonable enquiries of such persons there as the Chief Inspector considers appropriate, and\n(b) make such reasonable enquiries of such other persons as the Chief Inspector considers appropriate.\n(4) In preparing the report, the Chief Inspector is to have regard (in particular) to—\n(a) the educational benefits statement,\n(b) the things sent to the Chief Inspector under subsection (1)(b) and (c),\n(c) any written representations made (by any person) direct to the Chief Inspector on any educational aspect of the proposal so far as the Chief Inspector considers them to be relevant.\n(5) the Chief Inspector must submit the report to the education authority—\n(a) not later than 3 weeks after the authority has complied with subsection (1) (which 3 week period may not start during the consultation period), or\n(b) within such longer period as is agreed between them.\n(6) In this Act, “the Chief Inspector’s report” is the report prepared under subsection (2).\n(7) In this Act, a reference to “ the Chief Inspector ” is a reference to His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(1) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(a)(i); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(1)(b)(ii) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(a)(ii); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(2) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(b); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(3) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(c)(i); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(3)(a) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(c)(ii); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(3)(b) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(c)(iii); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(4) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(d)(i); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(4)(b) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(d)(ii); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(4)(c) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(d)(iii), (A); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(4)(c) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(d)(iii), (B); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(5) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(e); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(6) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(f); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(7) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(g)(i); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(7) substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(5)(g)(ii); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Cross-heading substituted (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 24(6); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 5.4.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/70, art. 2"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:32.586982+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."
}