SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Part III Other Amendments

The Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)

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1

Section 5 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (disabled persons leaving special education) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsections (3)(a), (6)(b) and (9), for the words “a further education establishment” there shall be substituted the words “an establishment of higher or further education”.

3

In subsection (9), after the definition of “child” there shall be inserted the following definition—

  • “establishment of higher or further education” means an institution which provides higher education or further education (or both);

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In section 6(1) of that Act (review of dates when disabled persons are expected to leave full-time education)—

a

for the words “a further education establishment” there shall be substituted the words “an establishment of higher or further education”; and

b

in paragraph (b), for the words “further education establishments” there shall be substituted the words “establishments of higher or further education”.