48Imposition of relevant restrictions(1)

The Education and Skills Act 2008 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 105—

(a)

in the heading, for “Power to deregister” substitute “Powers in relation to”;

(b)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

for the words before paragraph (a) substitute “This section applies where—”;

(ii)

in paragraph (a), for “the” substitute “an independent educational”;

(c)

after subsection (1) insert—(1A)

The Secretary of State may—

(a)

impose a relevant restriction on the proprietor of the institution (see section 117), or

(b)

remove the institution from the register.

;

(d)

in subsection (2), omit “to remove it from the register”;

(e)

in subsection (3)(a), after “124” insert “or 125”.

(3)

In section 117 (meaning of “relevant restriction”), in subsection (2)(a), after “section” insert “105(1A)(a) or”.

(4)

In section 118 (relevant restrictions imposed by Secretary of State)—

(a)

in subsection (1), before “116(1)(a)” insert “105(1A)(a) or”;

(b)

in subsection (2), omit “not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale”.

(5)

In section 125 (appeal by proprietor against other decisions of Secretary of State), in subsection (1)(c), after “section” insert “105(1A)(a) or”.