29In section 100 (provision of benefits and services for pupils by local education authorities), after subsection (1) there is inserted—
“(1A)Where—
(a)a local education authority are under a duty, or have power, to provide any benefits or services for persons, other than pupils, receiving education at a school; and
(b)the duty is to be performed, or the power may be exercised, both in relation to such persons at schools maintained by a local education authority and in relation to such persons at grant-maintained schools;
the authority shall in performing the duty, or in exercising the power, treat such persons at grant-maintained schools no less favourably (whether as to the benefits or services provided or as to the terms on which they are provided) than such persons at schools maintained by a local education authority.”