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Part IIS Rights and duties of Parents and functions of Education Authorities in relation to Individual Pupils

Children requiring special educationS

65D Regulations regarding Records.S

(1)The Secretary of State shall by regulations prescribe—

(a)the form of a Record;

(b)the nature of the information to be entered therein;

(c)the procedure to be followed in relation to the keeping, discontinuance and destruction of a Record and its transfer on the recorded child or recorded young person moving from the area of one education authority to that of another;

(d)the period for which a Record must be preserved after its discontinuance;

(e)the persons to whom an education authority—

(i)shall, at the request of such a person, disclose a Record; and

(ii)may disclose a Record,

and the manner of such disclosure;

(f)such other matters relating to Records as are in his opinion necessary or expedient,

and the Secretary of State may—

(i)under paragraph (c) of this subsection, prescribe different procedures in different circumstances;

(ii)under paragraph (d) of this subsection, prescribe different periods in different circumstances; and

(iii)under paragraph (e) of this subsection, prescribe different persons and different manners of disclosure for different purposes.

(2)Regulations under subsection (1) above shall provide that a Record shall include four parts containing respectively—

(a)a summary of the child’s or young person’s impairments;

(b)a statement of the special educational needs arising from those impairments;

(c)a statement of the measures proposed by the education authority to be taken to meet those needs; and

(d)where appropriate, the nomination of a school to be attended by him.