The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2007

Education Act 2005

21.—(1) Part 1 of the Education Act 2005(1) (school inspections and other inspections by school inspectors) except sections 11A to 11C (2) (investigation of complaints) applies in relation to units as if they were schools to which section 5 of that Act applies and accordingly section 5(2) has effect as if after paragraph (g) there were inserted —

“(h) pupil referral units.”.

(2) Section 6 has effect as if for subsection (3) there were substituted—

“(3) In subsection (1), “the appropriate authority” in relation to a unit means the local education authority.”.

(3) Section 7(b) has effect as if for “the governing body” there were substituted “the management committee”.

(4) Section 13(2) has effect as if for “the governing body” in each place where the words occur there were substituted “the management committee”.

(5) Section 14 has effect as if —

(a) for subsection (2)(a) there were substituted—

“(a) the teacher in charge and the management committee of the unit”,

(b) subsection (2)(b) and (c) were omitted.

(6) Section 18 has effect as if—

(a) for the definition of “the appropriate authority” there were substituted—

““the appropriate authority” in relation to a unit means the local education authority;”,

and

(b) the definition of “maintained school” included a unit.

(1)

2005 c. 18.

(2)

Sections 11A to 11C were inserted by section 160 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.