# Education Act 1996, Section 562J: Interpretation of Chapter

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Chapter—
“the appropriate national authority” means—
(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
“beginning of the detention”, in relation to a person detained in relevant youth accommodation, means—
(a)the beginning of the period of detention in such accommodation, or
(b)where that period is part of a continuous period, comprising periods of detention in relevant youth accommodation and in other accommodation, the beginning of that continuous period;
“detained person” has the meaning given by section 562A(3);
“the home authority”—
(a)in relation to a child or young person who immediately before the beginning of the detention was, or at any time since then has been, a looked after child, means the local authority who are looking after, or who have most recently been looking after, the person;
(b)in relation to any other child or young person, means the local authority in whose area the person is ordinarily resident;
“the host authority”, in relation to a child or young person detained in relevant youth accommodation, means the local authority in whose area the child or young person is detained;
“looked after child” means a person who, for the purposes of the Children Act 1989 or the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 is a child looked after by a local authority; and references to the local authority looking after the person are to be read accordingly;
“young person” includes a person aged 18.
(2) For the purposes of the definition of “beginning of the detention” in subsection (1), it is immaterial whether or not a period of detention is pursuant to a single order.
(3) In determining for the purpose of subsection (1) where a child or young person is ordinarily resident, any period when the person is subject to a detention order is to be disregarded.
(4) Regulations made by the appropriate national authority may make further provision for determining where a person is ordinarily resident for the purpose of that subsection.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/562J (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-562J
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