32. Sections 496 and 497(1) of the Education Act 1996 apply to a local authority or a governing body as if any of the obligations imposed on them under a qualifying scheme or an imposed scheme were duties imposed on them under that Act.
Sections 496 and 497 were amended by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c.31), Schedule 30, paragraphs 57, 129 and 130; the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40), section 168; the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22), sections 59 and 221, and Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 to 8; and S.I. 2010/1158.