# Education and Inspections Act 2006, Section 90: Meaning of “disciplinary penalty”


(1) In this Chapter, “disciplinary penalty” means a penalty imposed on a pupil, by any school at which education is provided for him, where his conduct falls below the standard which could reasonably be expected of him (whether because he fails to follow a rule in force at any such school or an instruction given to him by a member of its staff or for any other reason).
(2) In subsection (1), the reference to conduct, in relation to a pupil, includes—
(a) conduct which occurs at a time when the pupil is not on the premises of a school and is not under the lawful control or charge of a member of the staff of a school, but only to the extent that it is reasonable for the school imposing the penalty to regulate the pupil's conduct at such a time, and
(b) conduct which consists of a failure by the pupil to comply with a penalty previously imposed on him.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/90 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/section-90
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