# Education Act 1996, Section 318: Provision of goods and services in connection with special educational needs.

Extent: E+W

(1) A local authority may, for the purpose only of assisting—
(a) the governing bodies of community, foundation or voluntary schools or maintained nursery schools (in their or any other area) in the performance of the governing bodies’ duties under section 317(1)(a), or
(b) the governing bodies of community or foundation special schools (in their or any other area) in the performance of the governing bodies’ duties,
supply goods or services to those bodies.
(2) The terms on which goods or services are supplied by local authorities under this section to the governing bodies of community, foundation or voluntary schools , maintained nursery schools or community or foundation special schools in any other area may, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, include such terms as to payment as may be prescribed.
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(3B) A local authority ... may supply goods and services to any authority in Wales or other person (other than a governing body within subsection(1)) for the purpose of assisting them in making for a child any special educational provision which any learning difficulty of the child calls for.
(4) This section is without prejudice to the generality of any other power of local authorities to supply goods or services.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/318 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-318
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