SCHEDULE 10Accessibility for disabled pupils
Accessibility strategies
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(1)
In preparing its accessibility strategy, a local authority must have regard to—
(a)
the need to allocate adequate resources for implementing the strategy;
(b)
guidance as to the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (3).
(2)
The authority must also have regard to guidance as to compliance with paragraph 1(5).
(3)
The matters are—
(a)
the content of an accessibility strategy;
(b)
the form in which it is to be produced;
(c)
persons to be consulted in its preparation.
(4)
Guidance may be issued—
(a)
for England, by a Minister of the Crown;
(b)
for Wales, by the Welsh Ministers.
(5)
A local authority must, if asked, make a copy of its accessibility strategy available for inspection at such reasonable times as it decides.
(6)
A local authority in England must, if asked by a Minister of the Crown, give the Minister a copy of its accessibility strategy.
(7)
A local authority in Wales must, if asked by the Welsh Ministers, give them a copy of its accessibility strategy.