Article 2 Transfer of functions

The following functions of the Secretary of State under the Education Act 1996^f1 are transferred to the Minister for the Cabinet Office –

(a)

the function under section 507B(12)^f2 (power to give guidance to local authorities in England in respect of their duty to provide leisure-time activities for young persons);

(b)

the functions under the following sections, so far as they relate to the exercise of any function of a local authority under section 507B—

(i)

section 496^f3 (power to give direction to prevent unreasonable exercise of function);

(ii)

section 497^f4 (power to make order where authority has failed to discharge duty);

(iii)

section 497A^f5 (power to give directions to secure proper performance of functions), except subsection (5);

(iv)

section 497AA^f6 (power to authorise person for the purposes of that section);

(c)

the function under section 571^f7 (duty to publish guidance), so far as it relates to guidance under section 507B(12).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1996 c. 56.
f2: Section 507B was inserted by section 6 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c 40). Subsection (12) was amended by S.I. 2010/1158, article 5 and Schedule 2, paragraph 7.
f3: Subsection (2) was amended by S.I. 2010/1158, article 5 and Schedule 2, paragraph 7. Other amendments to section 496 have been made which are not relevant to this Order.
f4: Subsection (2) was amended by S.I. 2010/1158, article 5 and Schedule 2, paragraph 7. Other amendments to section 497 have been made which are not relevant to this Order.
f5: Section 497A was inserted by section 8 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31). It was amended by section 60 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32); S.I. 2010/1158, article 5 and Schedule 2, paragraph 7; and the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), section 59 and Schedule 2, paragraph 9.
f6: Section 497AA was inserted by section 61 of the Education Act 2002. It was amended by S.I. 2010/1158, article 5 and Schedule 2, paragraph 7.
f7: Section 571 was amended by the Education Act 1997 (c. 44), section 54 and Schedule 7, paragraph 41.