1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Wiltshire Council (Arrangements for the Provision of Suitable Education) Order 2012.
(2) This Order—
(a)comes into force on 18th May 2012; and
(b)ceases to have effect at the end of the day on 31st July 2014.
2. In this Order—
“the applicants” means the authority and the proprietors(1) of the schools;
“the authority” means the Wiltshire Council;
“the duty” means the duty conferred on the authority by section 19(1) of the Education Act 1996 (exceptional provision of education in pupil referral units or elsewhere) to make arrangements for the provision of suitable education(2) at school or otherwise than at school;
“permanently excluded” means permanently excluded from a school on disciplinary grounds;
“pupil” means a child of compulsory school age who lives in the area of the authority; and
“school” means an Academy or a maintained school mentioned in the Schedule.
See section 579 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (“the 1996 Act”) for the meaning of “proprietor”.
See section 19(3A) of the 1996 Act. Suitable education for permanently excluded pupils is full-time education, unless the child is within section 19(3AA) of the 1996 Act.