Education (Wales) Act 2014

20 Induction: intervention powers

(1) Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 2013 Act (intervention in local authorities) has effect in relation to duties imposed and powers conferred by virtue of section 17 as if references to the local authority included—

(a) the governing body (within the meaning given by section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992) of a further education institution, and

(b) an appropriate body other than a governing body of a school maintained by a local authority, the governing body of a special school not so maintained or a local authority.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a direction given by the Welsh Ministers under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 2013 Act is enforceable by an injunction (rather than a mandatory order) on application by, or on behalf of, the Welsh Ministers.

(3) This section is without prejudice to Part 2 of the 2013 Act as it applies to—

(a) governing bodies of—

(i) schools maintained by a local authority in Wales,

(ii) special schools in Wales which are not so maintained, and

(b) local authorities in Wales,

in respect of any duties imposed or powers conferred on them by virtue of section 17.