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82E+WThe Education and Skills Act 2008 is amended as follows.
83E+WIn section 4 (meaning of appropriate full-time education or training)—
(a)in subsection (1)(b), for “learning difficulty” substitute “ special educational needs ”, and
(b)omit subsection (3).
84E+WIn section 17 (sharing and use of information held for purposes of support services or functions under Part 1), in subsection (8)(b)—
(a)for “a learning difficulty” substitute “ special educational needs ”, and
(b)omit the words from “and subsections (6) and (7)” to the end.
85E+WIn section 47 (attendance notice: description of education or training)—
(a)in subsection (5)(b)(ii), for “learning difficulty” substitute “ special educational needs ”, and
(b)omit subsection (6).
86E+WIn section 78(1) (Part 2: supplementary), in the definition of “relevant young adult”—
(a)for “a learning difficulty” substitute “ special educational needs (within the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996) ”, and
(b)omit the words from “and subsections (6) and (7)” to the end.
87E+WIn section 132 (providers of independent education or training for 16 to 18 year olds)—
(a)in subsection (4)(a), for the words from “a statement” to “needs)” substitute “ an EHC plan is maintained ”,
(b)in subsection (4)(b), for “a statement was so” substitute “ an EHC plan was ”,
(c)in subsection (4)(b)(i), after “school” insert “ or (if later) the person ceased to be a student at his or her last post-16 institution ”,
(d)in subsection (4)(b)(ii), after “institution” insert “ in England mentioned in subsection (2) ”, and
(e)in subsection (6), after the definition of “an academic year” insert—
““post-16 institution” has the meaning given by section 83(2) of the Children and Families Act 2014;”.
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