174.This section adds Part 3 (Welsh Language Education) and Part 4 (Planning Welsh Language Education and Learning Welsh) of this Act to the list of Education Acts set out in section 578 of the Education Act 1996. This is a way of co-ordinating legislation involving education and its main effect is that the Welsh Ministers and local authorities have powers to intervene if the governing body of a maintained school fails to comply with duties under Part 3, or exercises functions under Part 3 in an unreasonable way. Similarly, if there is a failure by a local authority to comply with a duty under Part 3 or Part 4, if it acts unreasonably when carrying out a function under Part 3 or Part 4 or if it fails to carry out one or more of those functions to an adequate standard, the Welsh Ministers could exercise their power to intervene. These intervention powers are contained in Part 2 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013.
Commentary on Sections Part 6 – General Section 50 - Education Acts