162Provision of goods and services in connection with special educational needs
(1)A local education authority may for the purpose only of assisting—
(a)the governing bodies of county, voluntary or grant-maintained schools in their or any other area in the performance of the governing bodies' duties under section 161(1)(a) of this Act, or
(b)the governing bodies of maintained or grant-maintained special schools in their or any other area in the performance of the governing bodies' duties,
supply goods or services to them.
(2)The terms on which goods or services are supplied by local education authorities to the governing bodies of grant-maintained schools or grant-maintained special schools, or to the governing bodies of county, voluntary or maintained special schools in any other area, under this section may, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, include such terms as to payment as may be prescribed.
(3)This section is without prejudice to the generality of any other power of local education authorities to supply goods or services.