Relaxation of requirements for admission to a special school

3.  The requirements in the following provisions are, in relation to the authority, and the governing body and the head teacher of the School, relaxed—

(a)in paragraph (c) of section 316A(2) of the 1996 Act, the requirement for there to be a change in the child’s circumstances before a child with special educational needs can be admitted to a special school with the agreement of the persons referred to in that paragraph thereby relaxing the requirement in section 316 of that Act for him to be educated in a mainstream school;

(b)in sub-paragraph (c) of regulation 12A(1) of the 2001 Regulations, the requirement for there to be a change in the child’s circumstances before a child can be admitted to a maintained special school with the agreement of the persons referred to in that sub-paragraph.