Section 12(5).
1 (1) A tribunal constituted to hear an appeal under section 12 (“a tribunal”) shall consist of—
(a) a Chairman appointed by the Lord Chancellor; and
(b) two other members appointed by the Secretary of State.
(2) To be qualified for appointment as Chairman of a tribunal, a person must have a 7 year general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the [1990 c. 41.] Courts and Legal Services Act 1990).
2 (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to the making of appeals to, and the procedure to be followed by, tribunals.
(2) The regulations may, in particular, make provision—
(a) as to the period within which, and manner in which, appeals must be brought;
(b) for the holding of hearings in private in prescribed circumstances;
(c) as to the persons who may appear on behalf of the parties;
(d) for enabling hearings to be conducted even though a member of the tribunal, other than the Chairman, is absent;
(e) as to the disclosure by the appellant, and others, of documents and the inspection of documents;
(f) requiring persons to attend the proceedings and give evidence;
(g) as to the payment of expenses incurred by persons compelled to attend proceedings by regulations made by virtue of paragraph (f);
(h) authorising the administration of oaths to witnesses;
(i) as to the withdrawal of appeals;
(j) as to costs and expenses incurred by any party to the proceedings; and
(k) authorising preliminary or incidental matters in relation to an appeal to be dealt with by the Chairman of the tribunal hearing that appeal.
3 (1) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make such provision as he thinks fit for—
(a) the allocation of staff for any tribunal;
(b) the remuneration of members of tribunals and the reimbursement of their expenses;
(c) defraying any reasonable expenses incurred by any tribunal.
(2) Any sums payable under any provision made by the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (1) shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament.
Section 21(7).
1 In section 77(1) of the Education Act 1944 (inspection of educational establishments)—
(a) the words “a school” shall be omitted; and
(b) for “which is not” there shall be substituted “which is neither a school nor”.
2 In section 13(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (appeals from certain tribunals), after “6(a)” there shall be inserted “or (d)”.
3 In paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1971 (tribunals under direct supervision of Council), after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(d) a tribunal constituted in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Education (Schools) Act 1992.”
4 (1) In section 8 of the Education Act 1980 (information as to schools and admission arrangements), the following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (5) and (6)—
“(5) The governors of each school maintained by a local education authority—
(a) shall publish such information as respects that school as may be required by regulations made by the Secretary of State; and
(b) may publish such other information with respect to the school as they think fit.
(5A) For the purposes of this section information about the continuing education of pupils leaving a school, or the employment or training taken up by such pupils on leaving, is to be treated as information about the school.
(5B) Every local education authority shall publish such information as may be required by regulations made by the Secretary of State with respect to their policy and arrangements in respect of any matter relating to primary or secondary education in their area.
(6) A local education authority may, with the agreement of the governors of any school maintained by the authority, publish on behalf of the governors the particulars or information relating to the school which are referred to in subsection (2) or (5) above.”
(2) In section 9 of the Act of 1980 (nursery schools and special schools) in subsection (2), for “(5) and (7)” there shall be substituted “(5) to (7)”.
5 In section 30 of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986 (governors' annual report to parents in case of county, voluntary and maintained special schools), the following subsection shall be added at the end—
“(5) The Secretary of State may by order make such amendments of subsection (2) above as he considers expedient.”
6 (1) Section 22 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (provision of information) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2), the following shall be added at the end—
“; and
(d) the educational achievements of pupils at such categories of school as may be prescribed (including results of the kind mentioned in paragraph (c)).”
(3) In subsection (5), the following paragraphs shall be inserted after paragraph (a)—
“(aa) the pupil concerned;
(ab) in the case of a pupil who has transferred to a different school, the head teacher of that school;”.
(4) In subsection (5), in the words following paragraph (c)—
(a) after “governing body” there shall be inserted “the head teacher”; and
(b) the words “by that body or authority” shall be omitted.
7 In section 226 of the Act of 1988 (services for schools in other member States providing education for British children), in subsection (2)(b), for the words from “school” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted “by, or under the direction of, one or more of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools for England”.