School care accommodation services

3.  There is excepted from the definition of a “school care accommodation service” in section 2(4) of the Act the provision of residential accommodation where it is–

(a)provided by or under arrangements made by the managers of an independent school and does not provide personal care or support;

(b)provided by an education authority with respect to a special school within the meaning of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(1); or

(c)a hostel provided by the local authority for the use of children to enable them to attend school.