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Support for 11 to 25 year olds: Wales - continued

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Conduct and effect of inspections.     122. - (1) This section applies where a service is inspected pursuant to a request under section 121(1)(c) or in accordance with section 121(1)(d).
 
      (2) A person carrying out or participating in the inspection shall have the same powers as an Inspector under the following provisions of the School Inspections Act 1996-
 
 
    (a) section 6(3)(a) and (b) (right of access), and
 
    (b) section 42 (computer records).
      (3) Section 42A of that Act (publication of reports) shall apply.
 
      (4) Where the Chief Inspector arranges for the publication of a report of an inspection, the person who provides the inspected service shall-
 
 
    (a) prepare a written statement of the action which he proposes to take in the light of the report and the period within which he proposes to take it,
 
    (b) publish the statement within such period, and in such manner, as may be prescribed by regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales, and
 
    (c) send copies of the statement to such persons as may be prescribed by regulations made by the National Assembly.
      (5) Where a local authority provides an inspected service, or secures or participates in the provision of an inspected service, the authority-
 
 
    (a) shall ensure that the action specified in any statement prepared under subsection (4)(a) is sufficient to remedy any weakness mentioned in the report, and
 
    (b) shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the action specified in the statement is taken within the period specified.
      (6) If the National Assembly consider that a local authority is failing to comply with its duties under subsection (5)-
 
 
    (a) the National Assembly may give directions to the local authority about the performance of those duties, and
 
    (b) the authority shall comply with the directions.
Supplementary.     123. - (1) In sections 117 to 122-
 
 
    "local authority" means a county council or a county borough council,
 
    "Health Authority" has the meaning given by section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977,
 
    "parent", in relation to a child, means a person who has parental responsibility for him within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989,
 
    "probation committee" means a committee established under section 3 of the Probation Service Act 1993,
 
    "police authority" has the meaning given by section 101 of the Police Act 1996,
 
    "young person" has the meaning given by section 117(3),
 
    "youth offending team" means a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and
 
    "youth support services" has the meaning given by section 117(2).
      (2) The power under section 117 shall not relate to services which are provided or to be provided outside Wales.
 
 
City colleges and academies
City academies.     124. - (1) Section 482 of the Education Act 1996 (city technology colleges and city colleges for the technology of the arts) shall be amended as follows.
 
      (2) In subsection (2)(c)-
 
 
    (a) omit "either", and
 
    (b) after "arts" insert "or on a subject area mentioned in subsection (2A)".
      (3) After subsection (2) insert-
 
 
    "(2A) The subject areas are-
 
 
    (a) modern foreign languages;
 
    (b) visual arts, performing arts or media arts (or any combination of them);
 
    (c) sport;
 
    (d) any subject specified by order by the Secretary of State."
      (4) In subsection (3) after paragraph (b) insert "; or
 
 
    (c) as a city academy, if the emphasis of its curriculum is on a subject area mentioned in subsection (2A)."
      (5) After subsection (3) insert-
 
 
    "(3A) A school established on or after the relevant day and which would otherwise, by virtue of subsection (3), be known as a city technology college or a city college for the technology of the arts may instead, if the person carrying it on so chooses, be known as a city academy."
 
      (6) After subsection (5) insert-
 
 
    "(6) For the purposes of subsection (3A) the relevant day is the day on which section 124 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 comes into force."
 
      (7) This section does not apply to schools in Wales.
 
City academies: land.     125. - (1) Schedule 8 contains provisions about land in relation to city academies.
 
      (2) That Schedule does not apply to land in Wales.
 
City colleges and academies: special educational needs.     126. After section 483 of the Education Act 1996 there shall be inserted-
 
 
"City colleges and academies: special educational needs.     483A. - (1) This section applies in relation to any child falling within subsection (2) if the condition in subsection (3) is satisfied.
 
    (2) A child falls within this subsection if-
 
 
    (a) he is a child for whom a statement is maintained under section 324, and
 
    (b) he attends (or proposes to attend) a school which is a city technology college, a city college for the technology of the arts or a city academy.
      (3) The condition in this subsection is satisfied if-
 
 
    (a) the school is approved by the Secretary of State under section 347(1), or
 
    (b) the Secretary of State consents to the child being educated at the school.
      (4) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for securing that arrangements are made-
 
 
    (a) for making the special educational provision specified in the statement;
 
    (b) for making any non-educational provision specified in the statement.
      (5) Regulations under subsection (4) may require or authorise a local education authority-
 
 
    (a) to make payments to the school in respect of the child, or
 
    (b) to provide any other assistance to the school in respect of the child.
      (6) No condition or requirement imposed by virtue of section 482(4)(a) is to prevent a local education authority making payments or providing assistance by virtue of subsection (5).
 
      (7) This section does not apply to schools in Wales."
 
 
Other miscellaneous provisions
Recreation and social and physical training.     127. - (1) Section 508 of the Education Act 1996 (local education authorities: recreation and social and physical training) shall be amended as follows.
 
      (2) In subsection (1) for "secondary and further education" substitute "and secondary education".
 
      (3) After subsection (1) insert-
 
 
    "(1A) A local education authority may provide facilities for recreation and social and physical training as part of the facilities for further education provided (whether or not by them) for their area."
 
      (4) In subsection (2) for "For that purpose" substitute "For the purpose of subsection (1) or (1A)".
 
 
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