SCHEDULE 9 Amendments
Education Act 1996 (c.56)
54
(1)
Section 15A of that Act (functions of local education authorities in respect of full-time education for 16 to 18 year olds) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1) after “full-time” insert “
or part-time
”
.
(3)
“(1A)
The power under subsection (1) to secure the provision of education includes power to secure the provision—
(a)
of training, including vocational, social, physical and recreational training, and
(b)
of organised leisure time occupation (within the meaning of section 2(6)) which is provided in connection with the provision of education or of training within paragraph (a).”
(4)
In subsection (2) after “functions under this section” insert “
in respect of secondary education
”
.
(5)
“(3)
In exercising their functions under this section in respect of further education a F1local authority shall in particular have regard to the needs of persons with learning difficulties (within the meaning of section 13(5) and (6) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000).
(4)
A F1local authority may do anything which appears to them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the exercise of their functions under this section.”