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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 3 modified (1.4.2015) by The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Detained Persons) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/62), regs. 1, 31(1), 32(1)
(1)This section applies where an appropriate authority for a school or post-16 institution mentioned in subsection (2) has functions under this Part.
(2)The schools and post-16 institutions referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a)mainstream schools;
(b)maintained nursery schools;
(c)16 to 19 Academies;
(d)institutions within the further education sector;
(e)pupil referral units;
(f)alternative provision Academies.
(3)The appropriate authority must co-operate with each responsible local authority, and each responsible local authority must co-operate with the appropriate authority, in the exercise of those functions.
(4)A responsible local authority, in relation to an appropriate authority for a school or post-16 institution mentioned in subsection (2), is a local authority in England that is responsible for any child or young person who is a registered pupil or a student at the school or post-16 institution.
(5)The “appropriate authority” for a school or post-16 institution is—
(a)in the case of a maintained school, maintained nursery school, or institution within the further education sector, the governing body;
(b)in the case of an Academy, the proprietor;
(c)in the case of a pupil referral unit, the management committee.
Commencement Information
I1S. 29 in force at 1.9.2014 by S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505 and (1.9.2015) by S.I. 2015/1619)