9. Section 32 of that Act applies in relation to units as it applies in relation to community, voluntary controlled or community special schools or maintained nursery schools with the modification that in section 32(1)(b), in the case of a unit having a management committee, the local education authority together with the management committee shall determine the times of the school sessions.(1)
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996 provides that references in any enactment to the proprietor or governing body of a school shall be read, in relation to a pupil referral unit, as reference to the local education authority.