# Education Act 1996, Section 442: Revocation of order at request of parent.

Extent: E+W

(1) This section applies where a school attendance order is in force in respect of a child.
(2) If at any time the parent applies to the local authority requesting that the order be revoked on the ground that arrangements have been made for the child to receive suitable education otherwise than at school, the authority shall comply with the request, unless they are of the opinion that no satisfactory arrangements have been made for the education of the child otherwise than at school.
(3) If a parent is aggrieved by a refusal of the local authority to comply with a request under subsection (2), he may refer the question to the Secretary of State.
(4) Where a question is referred to the Secretary of State under subsection (3), he shall give such direction determining the question as he thinks fit.
(5) Where the child in question is one for whom the authority maintain an EHC plan (in the case of a local authority in England) or a statement under section 324 (in the case of a local authority in Wales)—
(a) subsections (2) to (4) do not apply if the name of a school or other institution is specified in the EHC plan or the statement, and
(b) in any other case a direction under subsection (4) may require the authority to make such amendments in the plan or the statement as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient in consequence of his determination.
(6) Where, in the case of a local authority in Wales, the child in question is one for whom an individual development plan is maintained by the authority or by another local authority—
(a) subsections (2) to (4) do not apply if a school or other institution is named in the individual development plan, and
(b) in any other case a direction under subsection (4) may require the authority maintaining the individual development plan to make such amendments to the plan as is considered necessary or expedient in consequence of the determination.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/442 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-442
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