Commentary Part 4: Schools Causing Concern Section 66: Power of LEA to suspend right to delegated budget
293.This section re-enacts section 17 of the 1998 Act (in its application to England). It confers power on local education authorities to suspend a school’s right to a delegated budget (as defined by Part 2 of that Act) if a school is eligible for intervention under any of sections 53 to 55 of the Act.
294.There is no longer a requirement for the local education authority to have received a notice of receipt of the inspection report from the Secretary of State, or for a 10 day period to have elapsed once that notice has been received, before the local education authority can suspend the right to a delegated budget.