Section 63 Duty to have regard to mental health and emotional well-being of children and young personsI1
A person within subsection (2) must, in exercising any function conferred by or under this Act, have regard to the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young persons likely to be affected by the exercise of the function.
The persons are—
the head teacher of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;
the governing body of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;
a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;
the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit;
the management committee for a pupil referral unit;
a person who provides teaching and learning for a child otherwise than at a maintained school, maintained nursery school or pupil referral unit by virtue of arrangements made under section 19A of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);
a local authority in Wales.
Annotations
Commencement
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S. 63 in force at 1.9.2022 by S.I. 2022/652, art. 4(d)