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98A Application for registration of independent school
(1) Any person proposing to carry on an independent school shall apply to the Scottish Ministers for registration of that school.
(2) An application for registration shall—
(a) be in such form; and
(b) include such information,
as the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, prescribe.
(3) The Scottish Ministers may, subject to subsection (4) below, grant an application for registration if they are satisfied that—
(a) efficient and suitable instruction will be provided at the school, having regard to the ages and sex of the pupils who shall be attending the school;
(b) the welfare of such pupils will be adequately safeguarded and promoted;
(c) subject to subsection (5)(a) below—
(i) the proprietor of the school is a proper person to be the proprietor of an independent school; and
(ii) every proposed teacher in the school is a proper person to be a teacher in any school;
(d) subject to subsection (5)(b) below, the proposed school premises are suitable for use as a school; and
(e) subject to subsection (5)(c) below, the accommodation to be provided at the school premises is adequate and suitable, having regard to the number, ages and sex of the pupils who shall be attending the school.
(4) The Scottish Ministers may, on granting an application for registration, impose such conditions on the carrying on of the registered school as they think fit.
(5) The Scottish Ministers shall not be satisfied that—
(a) the proprietor of an independent school is a proper person to be the proprietor of such a school or, as the case may be, that a proposed teacher in such a school is a proper person to be a teacher in any school if that proprietor or, as the case may be, proposed teacher—
(i) is, by virtue of this Part of this Act, disqualified from being such a proprietor or, as the case may be, such a teacher;
(ii) is barred from regulated roles with children; or
(iii) is a prescribed person;
(b) proposed school premises are suitable for use as a school if any part of such premises is, by virtue of this Part of this Act, disqualified from being so used; and
(c) accommodation to be provided at school premises is adequate and suitable if any such accommodation is, by virtue of this Part of this Act, disqualified from being used as such or from being used as such for pupils of—
(i) such number; or
(ii) such age or sex,
for which it is proposed it be used.
(6) In this Part of this Act—
“barred from regulated roles with children” is to be construed in accordance with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007;
“prescribed person” means—
in relation to a proprietor of an independent school, a person falling within such class of persons as the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, prescribe; and
in relation to a teacher or proposed teacher in such a school, a person falling within such class of persons as may be so prescribed; and
“proposed teacher” means a person that the proprietor of an independent school proposes will, on the registration of that school, be a teacher in it.
Your change, as a redline
98A Application for registration of independent school
(1) Any person proposing to carry on an independent school shall apply to the Scottish Ministers for registration of that school.
(2) An application for registration shall—
(a) be in such form; and
(b) include such information,
as the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, prescribe.
(3) The Scottish Ministers may, subject to subsection (4) below, grant an application for registration if they are satisfied that—
(a) efficient and suitable instruction will be provided at the school, having regard to the ages and sex of the pupils who shall be attending the school;
(b) the welfare of such pupils will be adequately safeguarded and promoted;
(c) subject to subsection (5)(a) below—
(i) the proprietor of the school is a proper person to be the proprietor of an independent school; and
(ii) every proposed teacher in the school is a proper person to be a teacher in any school;
(d) subject to subsection (5)(b) below, the proposed school premises are suitable for use as a school; and
(e) subject to subsection (5)(c) below, the accommodation to be provided at the school premises is adequate and suitable, having regard to the number, ages and sex of the pupils who shall be attending the school.
(4) The Scottish Ministers may, on granting an application for registration, impose such conditions on the carrying on of the registered school as they think fit.
(5) The Scottish Ministers shall not be satisfied that—
(a) the proprietor of an independent school is a proper person to be the proprietor of such a school or, as the case may be, that a proposed teacher in such a school is a proper person to be a teacher in any school if that proprietor or, as the case may be, proposed teacher—
(i) is, by virtue of this Part of this Act, disqualified from being such a proprietor or, as the case may be, such a teacher;
(ii) is barred from regulated roles with children; or
(iii) is a prescribed person;
(b) proposed school premises are suitable for use as a school if any part of such premises is, by virtue of this Part of this Act, disqualified from being so used; and
(c) accommodation to be provided at school premises is adequate and suitable if any such accommodation is, by virtue of this Part of this Act, disqualified from being used as such or from being used as such for pupils of—
(i) such number; or
(ii) such age or sex,
for which it is proposed it be used.
(6) In this Part of this Act—
“barred from regulated roles with children” is to be construed in accordance with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007;
“prescribed person” means—
in relation to a proprietor of an independent school, a person falling within such class of persons as the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, prescribe; and
in relation to a teacher or proposed teacher in such a school, a person falling within such class of persons as may be so prescribed; and
“proposed teacher” means a person that the proprietor of an independent school proposes will, on the registration of that school, be a teacher in it.
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