# The Additional Support for Learning (Appropriate Agency Request Period and Exceptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations specify a period of 10 weeks within which a request under section 23 of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 for help by an education authority from an appropriate agency under that Act must be complied with (regulation 2). Such a request can only be made in relation to the exercise of the education authority’s functions under that Act.
The Regulations also provide for exceptions to that time limit, provided that for each exception the reasons for the delay and a new date must be supplied to the education authority (regulation 3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/264/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/additional-support-for-learning-appropriate-agency-request-period-and-exceptions-scotland-regulations-2005/note
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