Section 147 Approval of independent schools: consequential amendmentsI1

Section 349 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (variation of trust deeds by order) is amended as follows.

In subsection (1)—

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Section 483A of that Act (city colleges and academies: special educational needs) is amended as follows.

For subsection (3)(a) and (b) substitute—

“(a)

the statement is maintained by a F4local authority in England, or

(b)

the statement is maintained by a local authority in Wales and the Welsh Ministers consent to the child being educated at the school.”

In subsection (4) of that section for “The Secretary of State” substitute “ The appropriate national authority ”.

At the end of that section add—

“(6A)

In subsection (4) “the appropriate national authority” means—

(a)

in relation to a school in England, the Secretary of State;

(b)

in relation to a school in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.”

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