Commentary on Sections Local education authority Legal background Section 119: Unsuitable persons
142.The purpose of this section is to prevent unsuitable people from working with children and to enable action to be taken against those institutions that allow this to happen. Section 119 permits the Secretary of State to deregister an independent educational institution which allows a person who is subject to relevant barring or disqualifying orders (which will be described in regulations) to carry out certain activities in relation to the institution. The activities include acting as a proprietor, acting on a body of persons named as proprietor or carrying out work that will be described in regulations. It introduces a new right of appeal against deregistration for employing a barred person.