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Part VIIIU.K. Miscellaneous and general

Exceptional educational provisionU.K.

47 Functions of [F1local authorities] as regards exceptional educational provision.E+W

(1)Section 19 of the M1Education Act 1996 (exceptional provision of education in pupil referral units or elsewhere) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1) (duty of [F2local authority] to make arrangements for provision of suitable full-time or part-time education, at school or otherwise, for excluded children etc.), the words “full-time or part-time” shall be omitted.

(3)In subsection (4) (power of [F2local authority] to make arrangements for provision of suitable full-time or part-time education, otherwise than at school, for excluded young persons etc.), the words “full-time or part-time” shall be omitted.

(4)After that subsection there shall be inserted—

(4A)In determining what arrangements to make under subsection (1) or (4) in the case of any child or young person a [F2local authority] shall have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State.