Part 2

His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland

Enforcement following school-related inspections

Preliminary notice of enforcement action
56
1
The Scottish Ministers may give a preliminary notice to a relevant person where, on a referral under section 55, it appears to the Scottish Ministers that—
a
the relevant person is failing or has failed to take satisfactory action to secure improvement in the matter or exercise of the function in question, and
b
having regard to the seriousness of the failure, an enforcement direction is justified.
2
A preliminary notice is a notice which—
a
informs the relevant person of the failure mentioned in subsection (1)(a), and
b
requires the relevant person to submit to the Scottish Ministers, within such period as is specified in the notice, a written response which—
i
states that the person has not so failed and gives reasons supporting that statement, or
ii
states that the person has so failed but gives reasons (if there are any such reasons) why an enforcement direction should not be given to the person.
S. 56 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 66(2)