Education and Adoption Act 2016

3 Other warning notices

(1) The Education and Inspections Act 2006 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 60A (teachers’ pay and conditions warning notice)—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) A maintained school is by virtue of this section eligible for intervention if—

(a) the local authority have given the governing body a warning notice in accordance with subsection (2),

(b) the period for compliance specified in the notice (“the compliance period”) has expired,

(c) the governing body have failed to comply, or secure compliance, with the notice to the local authority’s satisfaction by the end of the compliance period, and

(d) the local authority have given reasonable notice in writing to the governing body that the authority proposes to exercise the authority’s powers under any one or more of sections 64 to 66.”;

(b) in subsection (4), for paragraph (c) (but not the “and” at the end) substitute—

“(c) the compliance period for the purposes of subsection (1)(c),”;

(c) omit subsection (5);

(d) in subsection (6), before paragraph (a) insert—

“(za) the Secretary of State,”;

(e) omit subsections (7) to (10).

(3) In section 64 (power of local authority etc to appoint additional governors), in subsection (2), for “section 60A(10)” substitute “section 60A(1)(b)”.

(4) In section 66 (power of local authority to suspend right to delegated budget), in subsection (2), for “section 60A(10)” substitute “section 60A(1)(b)”.

(5) In section 69B (power of Secretary of State to direct local authority), in subsection (3)—

(a) omit paragraph (c);

(b) in paragraph (d), for “60A(10)” substitute “60A(1)(b)”.