# Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, Section 249: Regulations about pupil referral units

Extent: E+W

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(3) After paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (short stay schools: further provision) insert—
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3A Regulations may also—
(a) require a local authority in England to obtain the consent of the Secretary of State, in specified circumstances, to the closure of a short stay school;
(b) confer a power on the Secretary of State to give directions to a local authority in England about the exercise of—
(i) their functions under section 19;
(ii) their functions under any enactment applied to short stay schools (with or without modifications) by regulations under paragraph 3;
(iii) any other function connected with short stay schools;
(c) require a local authority to comply with such directions.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/249 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009/section-249
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