Special educational needs — approval of independent schoolsI139
In regulation 2(1) of the Education (Special Educational Needs) (Approval of Independent Schools) Regulations 199461 (interpretation)—
a
after the definition of “child with a statement”, there shall be inserted—
“executive” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000;
and
b
in the definition of “local authority”, for “acting in the discharge of their functions under any of the enactments specified in Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (enactments conferring functions assigned to the social services committee)”, there shall be substituted “which is, or whose executive (if any) is, responsible for exercising social services functions within the meaning of section 1A of the Local Authority Social Services Act 197062 (meaning of “social services functions”)”.