(1)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision—
(a)for the inspection of the exercise by a local authority of functions under sections 7 to 12;
(b)for the publication of reports of the inspections in such manner as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
(2)The regulations may provide for the inspections to be organised by—
(a)the Welsh Ministers, or
(b)Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, or any other person, under arrangements made with the Welsh Ministers.
(3)The regulations may provide that for the purposes of the law of defamation any report published under the regulations is privileged unless the publication is shown to have been made with malice.
(4)Regulations made under subsection (3) do not limit any privilege subsisting apart from provision in such regulations.