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.