SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Minor and consequential amendments
Part 2Miscellaneous
Education Act 1996 (c. 56)
I148
The Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.
49
In section 439 (school attendance: specification of schools), in subsection (2), after “section” insert “
88C or
”
.
I250
In section 444A(1)(b) (penalty notice in respect of failure to secure regular attendance at school of registered pupil), for sub-paragraph (iii) and the “or” before that sub-paragraph substitute—
iii
in a case falling within subsection (1A) of that section, to a place at which education is provided for a child in the circumstances mentioned in that subsection, or
iv
in a case falling within subsection (1B) of that section, to a place at which a child is required to attend in the circumstances mentioned in that subsection,
I351
In section 566(3) (evidence: documents)—
a
in paragraph (a), after “subsection (1)” insert “
or (1A)
”
;
b
in paragraph (b), after “subsection” insert “
(1B) or
”
.
I452
1
Paragraph 8 of Schedule 35B (meaning of “eligible child” for purposes of section 508B) is amended as follows.
2
In sub-paragraph (1), for paragraph (c) substitute—
c
the appropriate authority for the school has made arrangements for the provision of full-time education for him otherwise than at the school or at his home during the period of exclusion,
3
In that sub-paragraph, for “the child is required to attend” substitute “
the education is provided
”
.
4
In sub-paragraph (2), for paragraph (b) substitute—
b
in relation to a maintained school or a pupil referral unit, references in that sub-paragraph to exclusion are references to exclusion under section 52 of the Education Act 2002.