PART 2STANDARDS

CHAPTER 1INTERVENTION IN CONDUCT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS

Intervention by a local authority

7Power of local authority to constitute governing body of interim executive members

(1)

This section applies if a local authority has the power to intervene in the conduct of one of its maintained schools.

(2)

The local authority may give the governing body of the school a notice in writing stating that, as from a date specified in the notice, the governing body is to be constituted in accordance with Schedule 1 (governing bodies consisting of interim executive members).

(3)

Before giving a notice the local authority must—

(a)

consult the governing body of the school,

(b)

in the case of a foundation or voluntary school, consult—

(i)

the person who appoints the foundation governors, and

(ii)

if the school has a religious character, the appropriate religious body, and

(c)

obtain the consent of the Welsh Ministers.