Commentary on Sections Part 2 –Standards Joint working Section 123: Power to assist
280.Section 123 provides for the CHAI or the CSCI to assist other UK public authorities with the exercise of their functions. This will allow for the CHAI or the CSCI to provide assistance to each other, or to other bodies, for example, the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), the Housing Inspectorate or Her Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons. Assistance could include matters such as seconding employees to the other inspectorate, assisting them in devising their inspection criteria or providing one off advice in relation to areas where the other body has expertise.