Education Reform Act 1988

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

97(1)Section 5 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (disabled persons leaving special education) shall be amended as follows.U.K.

(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);.

98U.K.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”.