PART 6SUPPLEMENTARY
Mental health and emotional well-being
63Duty to have regard to mental health and emotional well-being of children and young persons
(1)
A person within subsection (2) must, in exercising any function conferred by or under this Act, have regard to the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young persons likely to be affected by the exercise of the function.
(2)
The persons are—
(a)
the head teacher of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;
(b)
the governing body of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;
(c)
a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;
(d)
the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit;
(e)
the management committee for a pupil referral unit;
(f)
a person who provides teaching and learning for a child otherwise than at a maintained school, maintained nursery school or pupil referral unit by virtue of arrangements made under section 19A of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);
(g)
a local authority in Wales.