Schedules

Schedule 2F1Local authority functions: minor and consequential amendments

Annotations:

Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

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1

Section 13 (general responsibility for education) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) after “secondary education” insert “ and, in the case of a F1local authority in England, further education, ”.

3

After subsection (2) insert—

3

The reference in subsection (1) to further education is to further education for persons—

none

a

who are over compulsory school age but under 19, or

b

who are aged 19 or over but under 25 and are subject to learning difficulty assessment.

4

For the purposes of this Act a person is subject to learning difficulty assessment if—

a

a learning difficulty assessment has been conducted in respect of the person, or

b

arrangements for a learning difficulty assessment to be conducted in respect of the person have been made or are required to be made.

5

In subsection (4), a “learning difficulty assessment” means an assessment under section 139A or 140 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (assessments relating to learning difficulties).

6

For the purposes of subsection (1), persons who are subject to a detention order are to be regarded as part of the population of the area in which they are detained (and not any other area).