It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to provide for the medical F1 inspection, at appropriate intervals, and for the medical F1 supervision F2and treatment, of all pupils in attendance at any school under the management of an education authority F3or at any self-governing school, and of all young persons in attendance at any F4 other educational establishment under such management.

It shall be the duty of every education authority F6and of every board of management to make arrangements for encouraging and assisting pupils and young persons to take advantage of facilities for medical F7treatment made available under subsection (1) and dental treatment made available for the purpose of subsection (2); but where, in the case of any pupil or young person, his parent gives notice to the authority that he objects to the pupil or young person availing himself of the said facilities, the pupil or young person shall not be encouraged or assisted to do so.

It shall be the duty of every education authority F8and of every board of management to afford sufficient and suitable facilities for the medical F9 inspection, supervision and treatment, described in F10subsection (1) and for the dental inspection, treatment and education described in subsection (2).

Expressions used in this section and in the Education (Scotland) Act F11M11980 have in this section the same meanings as in that Act.