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Section 162 Provision of goods and services in connection with special educational needs.

England and Wales

(1)

A local education authority may for the purpose only of assisting—

(a)

the governing bodies of county, voluntary or grant-maintained schools in their or any other area in the performance of the governing bodies’ duties under section 161(1)(a) of this Act, or

(b)

the governing bodies of maintained or grant-maintained special schools in their or any other area in the performance of the governing bodies’ duties,

supply goods or services to them.

(2)

The terms on which goods or services are supplied by local education authorities to the governing bodies of grant-maintained schools or grant-maintained special schools, or to the governing bodies of county, voluntary or maintained special schools in any other area, under this section may, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, include such terms as to payment as may be prescribed.

F1(2A)

A local education authority may supply goods or services to any authority or other person (other than a governing body within subsection (1) above) for the purpose only of assisting them in making for any child in respect of whose education grants are (or are to be) made under arrangements under section 1 of the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996 any special educational provision which any learning difficulty of the child calls for.

(3)

This section is without prejudice to the generality of any other power of local education authorities to supply goods or services.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 162(2A) inserted (1.9.1996) by 1996 c. 50, s. 10, Sch. 3 para. 12; S.I. 1996/2022, art. 2

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2)(3), 583(2), Sch. 38 Pt. I (with savings in ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39); Sch. 13 paras. 6, 7 as saved continued (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2267, reg. 2(2); and s. 154(4) expressed to be amended (11.9.1998) by 1998 c. 18, ss. 54(1), 55(2), Sch. 3 para. 25 (which amendment fell (1.4.1999) by reason of the repeal of the said Sch. 3 para. 25 by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(3), Sch. 31; S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1)

Notes on Part III

Modifications

C1

Pt. III (ss. 156-191) applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (9.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1084, reg. 5

Pt. III (ss. 156-191) modified (E.W.)(28.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3, Sch. 4 para. 2(6)