# Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004, Paragraph 8


(1) Paragraphs 2 to 7 apply to a young person having additional support needs as they apply to a child having such needs.
(2) For the purposes of the application of those provisions to a young person having additional support needs references in the provisions to the parent of a child having additional support needs (as well as references to the child) are to be construed as references to the young person.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in a case where the education authority are satisfied that the young person lacks capacity to do anything which the parent of a child may do under the provision concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/4/schedule/2/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-additional-support-for-learning-scotland-act-2004/schedule-2/paragraph-8
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