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Education Act 2002, Paragraph 39 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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39(1)Section 317 of the Education Act 1996 (duties in relation to pupils with special educational needs) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (1), for the words from the beginning to “shall” there is substituted “ The governing body of a community, foundation or voluntary school or a maintained nursery school shall ”.
(3)For subsection (2) there is substituted—
“(2)In subsection (1)(b) “the responsible person” means the head teacher or the appropriate governor (that is, the chairman of the governing body or, where the governing body have designated another governor for the purposes of this subsection, that other governor).”
(4)In subsection (3)—
(a)in paragraph (a), after “voluntary schools” there is inserted “ and maintained nursery schools ”, and
(b)paragraph (b) and the word “and” preceding it are omitted.
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