Education Act 1993 (repealed)

142 Meaning of “the appropriate agreed syllabus” in sections 138 and 139.E+W

(1)For the purposes of sections 138(9) and 139(2) of this Act, “the appropriate agreed syllabus”, in relation to a grant-maintained school or to any pupils at it, is—

(a)the agreed syllabus adopted or deemed to be adopted for the time being by the local education authority for the area in which the school is situated for use in the schools maintained by the authority,

(b)if there is more than one such syllabus, whichever of them the governing body shall determine, or

(c)if the governing body select for the school or those pupils an agreed syllabus which was adopted or deemed to be adopted by a local education authority, other than the authority in whose area the school is, on or after 29th September 1988 and which has not been replaced by a new agreed syllabus, that syllabus.

(2)In relation to a school in Wales, in subsection (1)(c) above “local education authority” means a local education authority in Wales.