Education Act 1981 (repealed 1.11.1996)

Preliminary E+W

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1 repealed (1.1.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1993/3106, art. 4, Sch. 1Appendix.

Provision of special education E+W

2 Provision of special education: duties of local education authorities etc. E+W

(1) In section 8(2) of the principal Act (which requires local education authorities to have regard to certain matters in fulfilling their duty to secure provision of primary and secondary schools) for paragraph (c) there is substituted the following paragraph—

“(c) to the need for securing that special educational provision is made for pupils who have special educational needs; and”

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 2(2)(3) repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2, Appendix

F3 S. 2(4)-(7) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 3, Sch. 2, Appendix

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Textual Amendments

F4 S. 3 repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch. 2,Appendix.

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Textual Amendments

F5 S. 3A (which was inserted (14.10.1991) by 1989 c. 41, s. 108(4)(6), Sch. 12 para. 36, Sch. 14 para. 1(1); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)) repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2, Appendix.

Provision of special education E+W

2 Provision of special education: duties of local education authorities etc. E+W

(1) In section 8(2) of the principal Act (which requires local education authorities to have regard to certain matters in fulfilling their duty to secure provision of primary and secondary schools) for paragraph (c) there is substituted the following paragraph—

“(c) to the need for securing that special educational provision is made for pupils who have special educational needs; and”

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 2(2)(3) repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2, Appendix

F3 S. 2(4)-(7) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 3, Sch. 2, Appendix

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Textual Amendments

F4 S. 3 repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch. 2,Appendix.

Identification and assessment of children with special educational needs E+W

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Textual Amendments

F6 S. 4 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2Appendix.

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Textual Amendments

F7 S. 5 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2, Appendix.

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Textual Amendments

F8 S. 6 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2,Appendix.

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Textual Amendments

F9 S. 7(10) repealed (3.3.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 2, Sch. 1, Appendix.

F10 S. 7(1)-(9) and (11) repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), SCh. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2,Appendix

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Textual Amendments

F11 S. 8 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2,Appendix.

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Textual Amendments

F12 S. 9 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2,Appendix

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Textual Amendments

F13 S. 10 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2,Appendix.

Special schools and approved independent schools E+W

11 Special schools and approved independent schools. E+W

(1) In section 9 of the principal Act (county schools, voluntary schools, nursery schools and special schools) for subsection (5) there is substituted the following subsection—

“(5) Schools which are specially organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs and which are for the time being approved by the Secretary of State as special schools shall be known as special schools.”.

F14 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F14 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F14 S. 11(2)(3) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 3, Sch. 2,Appendix.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of ss. 11(1), 17 and 21(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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Textual Amendments

F15 S. 12 repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 3, Sch. 2, Appendix .

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Textual Amendments

F16 S. 13 repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, SCh. 2, Appendix.

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Textual Amendments

F17 S. 14 repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch. 2,Appendix.

School attendance orders E+W

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Textual Amendments

F18 S. 15 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I.1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2,Appendix

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Textual Amendments

F19 S. 16 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2, Appendix.

Miscellaneous E+W

17 Duty of parents E+W

In section 36 of the principal Act (duty of parents to secure the education of their children) after the word “ aptitude” there are inserted the words “ and to any special educational needs he may have. ”

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of ss. 11(1), 17 and 21(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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Textual Amendments

F20 S. 18 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2,Appendix.

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Textual Amendments

F21 S. 19 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2, Appendix.

20 Interpretation and commencement. E+W

[F22 (1) In this Act—

• “ child” includes any person who has not attained the age of 19 years and is registered as a pupil at a school;

• “ ordinary school” means a school which is not a special school;

• “ principal Act” means the M1 Education Act 1944.]

(2) This Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions or different purposes.

(3) Any order under this section may make such transitional provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into force, including such adaptations of those provisions, or of any other provisions of this Act then in force, as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose or in consequence of the operation of any provisions of this Act before the coming into force of any other provision.]

Textual Amendments

F22 S. 20(1) (other than the definition of "principal Act") repealed (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303, 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 82, Sch. 21 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 2,Appendix.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Power of appointment conferred by s. 20(2) fully exercised: 1.4.1983 appointed for residue of Act, (subject to transitional provisions) by S.I. 1983/7

Marginal Citations

M1 1944 c. 31.

21 Short title, etc. E+W

(1) This Act may be cited as the Education Act 1981, and this Act and the Education Acts 1944 to 1980 may be cited as the Education Acts 1944 to 1981.

(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the principal Act.

(3) The transitional provisions made by Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect.

(4) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the minor and consequential amendments specified in that Schedule; and the enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column.

(5) This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 The text of ss. 11(1), 17 and 21(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.