School Standards and Framework Act 1998

75 (1) Section 318 (provision of goods and services in connection with special educational needs) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “county, voluntary or grant-maintained schools” substitute “community, foundation or voluntary schools”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “maintained or grant-maintained special schools” substitute “community or foundation special schools”.

(3) In subsection (2), for the words from “this section” to “in any other area” substitute “this section to the governing bodies of community, foundation or voluntary schools or community or foundation special schools in any other area”.

(4) For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) A local education authority may supply goods and services to any authority or other person (other than a governing body within subsection (1)) for the purpose only of assisting them in making for any child to whom subsection (3A) applies any special educational provision which any learning difficulty of the child calls for.

(3A) This subsection applies to any child—

(a) who is receiving relevant nursery education within the meaning of section 123 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, or

(b) in respect of whose education grants are (or are to be) made under section 1 of the [1996 c. 50.] Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996.”