9(1)Section 3 of the Education Act 1996 (definition of pupil etc.) shall be amended as follows.
(2)At the end of subsection (1) insert—
“and references to pupils in the context of the admission of pupils to, or the exclusion of pupils from, a school are references to persons who following their admission will be, or (as the case may be) before their exclusion were, pupils as defined by this subsection.”
(3)In subsection (3), for “The definition of “pupil” in subsection” substitute “ Subsection ”.