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Education Act 1996

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497B Power to secure proper performance: further provisions.

(1) Where the Secretary of State gives directions under section 497A(4) or (4A) to a local authority or to an officer of such an authority, the specified person shall, in the performance of the function or functions specified in the directions, be entitled to exercise the powers conferred by this section. (1A) In this section “the specified person” means— (a) in relation to directions under section 497A(4), the person specified in the directions, and (b) in relation to directions under section 497A(4A), the Secretary of State or the person nominated by him. (2) The specified person shall have at all reasonable times— (a) a right of entry to the premises of the authority, and (b) a right to inspect, and take copies of, any records or other documents kept by the authority, and any other documents containing information relating to the authority, which he considers relevant to the performance of the specified function or functions. (3) In exercising the right to inspect records or other documents under subsection (2), the specified person— (a) shall be entitled at any reasonable time to have access to, and inspect and check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records or other documents in question, and (b) may require— (i) the person by whom or on whose behalf the computer is or has been so used, or (ii) any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material, to afford him such assistance as he may reasonably require (including, in particular, the making of information available for inspection or copying in a legible form). (4) Without prejudice to subsection (2), the authority shall give the specified person all assistance in connection with the performance of the specified function or functions which they are reasonably able to give. (5) Subsection (2) shall apply in relation to any school maintained by the authority as it applies in relation to the authority; and without prejudice to that subsection (as it so applies)— (a) the governing body of any such school shall give the specified person all assistance in connection with the exercise of his functions which they are reasonably able to give; and (b) the governing body of any such school and the authority shall secure that all such assistance is also given by persons who work at the school. (6) Any reference in this section to the specified person includes a reference to any person assisting him in the performance of the specified function or functions. (7) In this section “document” and “records” each include information recorded in any form.

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497B Power to secure proper performance: further provisions.

(1) Where the Secretary of State gives directions under section 497A(4) or (4A) to a local authority or to an officer of such an authority, the specified person shall, in the performance of the function or functions specified in the directions, be entitled to exercise the powers conferred by this section. (1A) In this section “the specified person” means— (a) in relation to directions under section 497A(4), the person specified in the directions, and (b) in relation to directions under section 497A(4A), the Secretary of State or the person nominated by him. (2) The specified person shall have at all reasonable times— (a) a right of entry to the premises of the authority, and (b) a right to inspect, and take copies of, any records or other documents kept by the authority, and any other documents containing information relating to the authority, which he considers relevant to the performance of the specified function or functions. (3) In exercising the right to inspect records or other documents under subsection (2), the specified person— (a) shall be entitled at any reasonable time to have access to, and inspect and check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records or other documents in question, and (b) may require— (i) the person by whom or on whose behalf the computer is or has been so used, or (ii) any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material, to afford him such assistance as he may reasonably require (including, in particular, the making of information available for inspection or copying in a legible form). (4) Without prejudice to subsection (2), the authority shall give the specified person all assistance in connection with the performance of the specified function or functions which they are reasonably able to give. (5) Subsection (2) shall apply in relation to any school maintained by the authority as it applies in relation to the authority; and without prejudice to that subsection (as it so applies)— (a) the governing body of any such school shall give the specified person all assistance in connection with the exercise of his functions which they are reasonably able to give; and (b) the governing body of any such school and the authority shall secure that all such assistance is also given by persons who work at the school. (6) Any reference in this section to the specified person includes a reference to any person assisting him in the performance of the specified function or functions. (7) In this section “document” and “records” each include information recorded in any form.

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