# Education and Skills Act 2008, Paragraph 9

Status: prospective

(1) Section 548 (no right to give corporal punishment) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) in paragraph (a), for “school” substitute “ relevant educational institution ”;
(b) in paragraphs (b) and (c), for “school” substitute “ a relevant educational institution ”.
(3) In subsection (2) for “school” substitute “ relevant educational institution ”.
(4) In subsection (6)—
(a) in paragraph (a) for “school” substitute “ relevant educational institution ”;
(b) in paragraph (b)(i) for “school” substitute “ institution ”.
(5) After subsection (7) insert—
“(7A) “Relevant educational institution” means—
(a) a school, or
(b) an independent educational institution in England other than a school.
(7B) In subsection (7A)(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).”

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/schedule/1/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-9
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.