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Valid from 01/06/2004
53 Attendance targetsE+W
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(1)Section 63 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (power to make regulations for targets relating to unauthorised absences) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsections (1) and (3), the word “unauthorised” is omitted.
(3)After subsection (3) there is inserted—
“(3A)Provision made by regulations under this section may relate to—
(a)absences which are authorised pursuant to regulations under section 434 of the Education Act 1996, or
(b)absences which are not so authorised, or
(c)both.”
(4)In subsection (4), the definition of “unauthorised absence” is omitted.
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