C1PART 3Children and young people in England with special educational needs or disabilities
Code of practice
I177Code of practice
1
The Secretary of State must issue a code of practice giving guidance about the exercise of their functions under this Part to—
a
local authorities in England;
b
the governing bodies of schools;
c
the governing bodies of institutions within the further education sector;
d
the proprietors of Academies;
e
the management committees of pupil referral units;
f
the proprietors of institutions approved by the Secretary of State under section 41 (independent special schools and special post-16 institutions: approval);
g
providers of relevant early years education;
h
youth offending teams;
i
persons in charge of relevant youth accommodation;
j
F1NHS England;
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integrated care boards;
l
NHS trusts;
m
NHS foundation trusts;
n
Local Health Boards.
2
The Secretary of State may revise the code from time to time.
3
The Secretary of State must publish the current version of the code.
4
The persons listed in subsection (1) must have regard to the code in exercising their functions under this Part.
5
Those who exercise functions for the purpose of the exercise by those persons of functions under this Part must also have regard to the code.
6
The First-tier Tribunal must have regard to any provision of the code that appears to it to be relevant to a question arising on an appeal under this Part.
Pt. 3 modified (1.4.2015) by The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Detained Persons) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/62), regs. 1, 31(1), 32(1)