Children who become young persons before the new law applies
21.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to a child who had identified special educational needs on 1 September 2022.
(2) A duty in paragraph (3) or a power in paragraph (4) does not apply when a person ceases to be of compulsory school age.
(3) The duties referred to in paragraph (2) are—
(a)the duty to give a parent an IDP notice or a No IDP notice in articles 9(2) and 10(2);
(b)the duty to give a notice following a request by a parent under article 11;
(c)the duty to give a parent a copy of the individual development plan within 12 weeks in article 12(1).
(4) The powers referred to in paragraph (2) are—
(a)the power for a parent to request an IDP notice or a No IDP notice in article 11;
(b)the power to give a parent an ALN notice in article 13.
(5) Where paragraph (2) applies in relation to a duty in paragraph (3)(a) or (b), the first reference to a child’s parent in article 5 is to be read as if it were omitted.
(6) Where paragraph (2) applies in relation to a duty in paragraph (3)(a) or (b), the first reference to a child’s parent in article 6 is to be read as if it were omitted.