48 Medical inspection and treatment of pupils.E+W
(1)—(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(4)It shall be the duty of every local education authority [F2or, in the case of pupils at a grant-maintained school, the duty of the governing body of the school] to make arrangements for encouraging and assisting pupils to take advantage of [F3the provision for medical and dental inspection and treatment made for them in pursuance of [F4section 5(1) of the M1National Health Service Act 1977 or paragraph 1(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to that Act]]:
Provided that if the parent of any pupil gives to the authority [F5or, as the case may be, to the governing body] notice that he objects to the pupil availing himself of any [F3of the provision so made], the pupil shall not be encouraged or assisted so to do.
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
Textual Amendments
F1S. 48(1)–(3), (5) repealed by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Sch. 5
F2Words inserted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 2(a)
F3Words substituted by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 7
F4Words substituted by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Sch. 15 para. 2
F5Words inserted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 2(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 48(4) applied (1.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/653, reg. 42(1), Sch. Pt.I.
C2S. 48(4) applied (9.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1084, reg. 8(1), Sch. 2 Pt.I.
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