Section 509AC Interpretation of sections 509AA and 509ABF1

England and Wales

(1)

For the purposes of sections 509AA and 509AB a person receiving education or training at an establishment is of sixth form age if he is over compulsory school age but—

(a)

is under the age of 19, or

(b)

has begun a particular course of education or training at the establishment before attaining the age of 19 and continues to attend that course.

F2(2)

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F3(3)

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(4)

References in section 509AB to persons with learning difficulties F4or disabilities are to be construed in accordance with F5section 15ZA(6) and (7).

(5)

In sections 509AA and 509AB and this section—

“academic year” means any period commencing with 1st August and ending with the next 31st July;
“disabled person” has the same meaning as in the F6Equality Act 2010;
“establishment” means an establishment of any kind, including a school or institution;
“governing body”, in relation to an institution within the further education sector, has the same meaning as in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

(6)

The Secretary of State may by order amend the definition of “academic year” in subsection (5) F7... .

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 509AC inserted (20.1.2003 for E., 1.9.2003 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 19 para. 5 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2952, art. 2; S.I. 2003/1718, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II
F2: S. 509AC(2) repealed (1.4.2010) by The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1080), art. 1(2)(a)(b), Sch. 1 para. 31(a), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 (with art. 2(3))
F3: S. 509AC(3) repealed (6.3.2009) by Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2), s. 28(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(a), Sch. 2; S.I. 2009/371, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1
F4: Words in s. 509AC(4) inserted (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 49; S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505)
F5: Words in s. 509AC(4) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1080), art. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 31(b) (with art. 2(3))
F6: Words in s. 509AC(5) substituted by 2010 c. 15, Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 38 (as inserted (1.10.2010) by The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2279), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5) (see S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2)
F7: Words in s. 509AC(6) repealed (6.3.2009) by Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2), s. 28(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(b), Sch. 2; S.I. 2009/371, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1
F8: S. 509AC(7) repealed (6.3.2009) by Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2), s. 28(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(c), Sch. 2; S.I. 2009/371, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

Notes on Chapter II

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 7(3) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(5))