[56A Intervention: England]
Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (1992 c 13) | Legislation

[56A  Intervention: England]

[[(1)     This section applies if the Secretary of State is satisfied as to one or more of the matters listed in subsection (2) in the case of—

(a)     an institution in England within the further education sector, other than a sixth form college, or

(b)     an institution in England which is maintained by a local authority and provides further education, other than an institution within the higher education sector,

and, in either case, it is immaterial whether or not a complaint is made by any person.]

(2)     The matters are—

(a)     that the institution's affairs have been or are being mismanaged by the institution's governing body;

(b)     that the institution's governing body have failed to discharge any duty imposed on them by or for the purposes of any Act;

(c)     that the institution's governing body have acted or are proposing to act unreasonably with respect to the exercise of any power conferred or the performance of any duty imposed by or under any Act;

(d)     that the institution is performing significantly less well than it might in all the circumstances reasonably be expected to perform, or is failing or likely to fail to give an acceptable standard

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