The Deregulation (Provision of School Action Plans) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1142
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Provision of School Action Plans) Order 1997 and shall come into force fourteen days after the day on which it is made.

(2) This Order does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

(3) In this Order “ the Act ” means the School Inspections Act 1996.

Section 2 Provision of school action plans

In section 17 of the Act (duty of appropriate authority for county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school to provide copies of statement of action following school inspection), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted—

(6A) The duty under subsection (6)(c) shall be taken to be satisfied by the appropriate authority if they—

(a) take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school receives, as soon as is reasonably practicable, a copy of a document prepared by them which—

(i) summarises the statement, and

(ii) contains a statement of the right to request a copy of it under paragraph (b) below, and

(b) provide a copy of the statement to every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school who asks for one.

Section 3 Provision of school action plans

In section 21 of the Act (corresponding duty in relation to other schools), at the end there shall be inserted—

(6) The duty under subsection (5)(c) shall be taken to be satisfied by the appropriate authority if they—

(a) take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school receives, as soon as is reasonably practicable, a copy of a document prepared by them which—

(i) summarises the statement, and

(ii) contains a statement of the right to request a copy of it under paragraph (b) below, and

(b) provide a copy of the statement to every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school who asks for one.