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Education (Scotland) Act 1980

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Children Requiring Special Education

3Any reference in any enactment or other instrument passed or made before the commencement of the Education (Scotland) Act 1969 to special educational treatment shall be construed as a reference to special education.

4Any decision, made under the Act of 1962 before the commencement of the said Act of 1969 by an education authority to the effect that a child requires special educational treatment, which is in force at such commencement, shall continue in force and be deemed to be a decision under section 62 of this Act (duly notified to the parents of a child under paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of that section) to the effect that the child requires special education:

Provided that section 64 of this Act shall not (except in so far as it relates to a determination under section 63 of this Act) apply in relation to a decision deemed by virtue of this paragraph to be a decision under section 62 of this Act.

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