# Education and Skills Act 2008, Paragraph 8

Status: prospective

After section 537A insert—
“Application of sections 537 and 537A to certain part-time educational institutions in England
537AA (1) Sections 537 and 537A (powers of the Secretary of State to require information from governing bodies etc) apply in relation to a relevant part-time educational institution as they apply in relation to an independent school.
(2) In the application of sections 537 and 537A by virtue of this section—
(a) references to a pupil at an independent school are to be read as references to a student at a relevant part-time educational institution;
(b) references to the proprietor of an independent school are to be read as references to the person or body of persons responsible for the management of a relevant part-time educational institution.
(3) In this section—
(a) “relevant part-time educational institution” means an independent educational institution in England that is not an independent school;
(b) “independent educational institution” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (see section 92 of that Act);
(c) “student” has the same meaning as in that Chapter (see section 138 of that Act).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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