11(1)The Chief Inspector may enter into arrangements with such persons as he thinks fit for them to assist him in the performance of his functions in a particular case or class of case.E+W
(2)The Chief Inspector may also enter into arrangements with persons (“inspection service providers”) under which they provide the services of inspectors to carry out inspections on behalf of the Chief Inspector.
(3)A person assisting the Chief Inspector in pursuance of arrangements under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) is to be known as an additional inspector.
(4)The Chief Inspector may not authorise an additional inspector to conduct an inspection of a school under section 5 of EA 2005 unless—
(a)the inspection is to be supervised by an HMI, or
(b)the additional inspector has previously conducted an inspection under that section under the supervision of an HMI to the satisfaction of the HMI.
(5)In sub-paragraph (4)(b) the reference to an HMI is, in relation to an inspection conducted before the commencement of this paragraph, to be read as a reference to one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in England.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 para. 11 in force at 1.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/935, art. 5(gg)