6At the end of section 56 (power to provide primary and secondary education otherwise than at school) (which becomes subsection (1)) there is added—
“(2)In this section “secondary education” includes any full-time education suitable to the requirements of persons over compulsory school age who have not attained the age of nineteen years and, for the purposes of the Education Acts 1944 to 1992—
(a)any such education, or education similar in other respects but less than full-time, provided in pursuance of this section is to be treated as secondary education; and
(b)any person for whom education is provided in pursuance of this section is to be treated as a pupil.”