The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Allocation of Rights and Liabilities) Order 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/600
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Allocation of Rights and Liabilities) Order 2007 and comes into force on 1st April 2007.

Section 2 Allocation of rights and liabilities relating to functions, staff and property of the Office

(1) Any responsibilities relating to rights and liabilities relating to functions, staff and property of the Office are the responsibilities of the Office, and the Office has responsibility for the conduct of any legal proceedings in relation to those rights and liabilities.

(2) But any responsibilities in relation to rights and liabilities (including the conduct of legal proceedings) relating to powers of the Office exercisable only by the Chief Inspector acting on behalf of the Office are responsibilities of the Chief Inspector in her capacity as a member of the Office.

Section 3 Allocation of rights and liabilities relating to functions of the Chief Inspector as holder of the office of Chief Inspector

Any responsibilities in relation to the rights and liabilities (including the conduct of legal proceedings) relating to functions conferred on the Chief Inspector in her capacity as holder of the office of Chief Inspector are the responsibilities of the Chief Inspector in that capacity.