91 Enforcement of disciplinary penalties: general

91  Enforcement of disciplinary penalties: general

(1)     This section applies in relation to a disciplinary penalty imposed on a pupil by any school at which education is provided for him, other than a penalty which consists of exclusion.

(2)     The imposition of the disciplinary penalty is lawful if the following three conditions are satisfied.

(3)     The first condition is that the imposition of the penalty on the pupil—

(a)     is not in breach of any statutory requirement or prohibition, and

(b)     is reasonable in all the circumstances.

(4)     The second condition is that the decision to impose the penalty on the pupil was made—

(a)     by any paid member of the staff of the school, except in circumstances where the head teacher has determined that the member of staff is not permitted

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