SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Special educational needs: consequential amendments

PART 1Amendments to the Education Act 1996

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1

Section 532A (direct payments: persons with special educational needs or subject to learning difficulty assessment) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

after “(“the beneficiary”)” insert “ for whom the authority maintain an EHC plan. ”, and

b

omit paragraphs (a) and (b).

3

In subsection (2)—

a

for paragraph (a) substitute—

a

special educational provision specified in the EHC plan;

b

omit paragraph (b).

4

In the title, omit “or subject to learning difficulty assessment”.