The Special Educational Needs (Provision of Information by Local Education Authorities) (England) Regulations 2001

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Special Educational Needs (Provision of Information by Local Education, Authorities) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st September 2001.

(2) In these Regulations—

• “health authority” has the same meaning as in the National Health Service Act 1977(1);

• “social services authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970(2) acting in the discharge of such functions as are referred to in section 1A of that Act, and

• “statement” means a statement of special educational needs made under section 324 of the Education Act 1996.

(3) These Regulations apply only in relation to England.

(4) Nothing in these Regulations applies in relation to—

(a) nursery schools, or

(b) children under compulsory school age.

(1)

1977 c. 49; amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) and the Health Act 1999 (c. 32).

(2)

1970 c. 42; section 1A was inserted by the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), section 102(3).