10Duty of health authority to notify parents etc.
(1)If an Area or District Health Authority, in the course : of exercising any of its functions in relation to a child who is under the age of five years, forms the opinion that he has, or; probably has, special educational needs, the Authority shall—
(a)inform his parent of its opinion and of its duty under this section; and
(b)after giving the parent an opportunity to discuss that opinion with an officer of the Authority, bring it to the attention of the appropriate local education authority.
(2)If, in a case felling within subsection (1) above, the Authority are of the opinion that a particular voluntary organisation is likely to be able to give the parent advice or assistance in connection with any special educational needs that the child may have, they shall inform the parent accordingly.