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Part 1 E+W+SModifications for England and Wales – Further Education, etc Provided by Local Education Authorities
1The following is substituted for section 28R—
“28R28R Higher and further education secured by local education authorities
“28R(1)Subsections (2) to (4) apply in relation to—
(a)any course of higher education secured by a local education authority under section 120 of the Education Reform Act 1988, and
(b)any course of further education secured by a local education authority.
(2)It is unlawful for the local education authority to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a)in the arrangements they make for determining who should be enrolled on the course;
(b)in the terms on which they offer to enrol him on the course; or
(c)by refusing or deliberately omitting to accept an application for his enrolment on the course.
(3)It is unlawful for the local education authority to discriminate against a disabled person who has enrolled on the course in the services which they provide or offer to provide.
(4)It is unlawful for the local education authority to subject to harassment a disabled person who—
(a)seeks enrolment on the course,
(b)is enrolled on the course, or
(c)is a user of any services provided by that authority in relation to the course .
(5)“Services“, in relation to a course, means services of any description which are provided wholly or mainly for persons enrolled on the course.
(6)In relation to further education secured by a local education authority—
(a)“course” includes each of the component parts of a course of further education if, in relation to the course, there is no requirement imposed on persons registered for any component part of the course to register for any other component part of that course; and
(b)“enrolment”, in relation to such a course, includes registration for any one of those parts.
(7)In this Chapter—
“responsible body” means a local education authority in relation to a course of further or higher education secured by them;
“further education” in relation to a course secured by the local education authority, has the meaning given in section 2(3) of the Education Act 1996;
“higher education” has the meaning given in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996; and
“local education authority” has the meaning given in section 12 of the Education Act 1996.”.
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