(1)If a local authority is satisfied that one or more of grounds 1 to 6 exist in relation to one of its maintained schools, the authority may give a warning notice to the governing body of the school.
(2)The local authority must specify each of the following in the warning notice—
(a)the grounds for intervention;
(b)the reasons why the authority is satisfied that the grounds exist;
(c)the action the authority requires the governing body to take in order to deal with the grounds for intervention;
(d)the period within which the action is to be taken by the governing body (“the compliance period”);
(e)the action the authority is minded to take if the governing body fails to take the required action.
(3)If the local authority gives a warning notice to the governing body of a school, it must at the same time give a copy of the warning notice to—
(a)the head teacher;
(b)if the school is a foundation or voluntary school—
(i)the person who appoints the foundation governors, and
(ii)if the school has a religious character, the appropriate religious body;
(c)the Welsh Ministers.