# Education and Skills Act 2008, Section 68: Support services: provision by local authorities

Extent: E+W

(1) A local authority in England must make available to young persons and relevant young adults for whom it is responsible such services as it considers appropriate to encourage, enable or assist the effective participation of those persons in education or training.
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(3) For the purposes of this section ... , a local authority makes services available if it—
(a) provides them, or
(b) makes arrangements with another local authority or another person for their provision.
(4) In carrying out its functions under this section, a local authority must—
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(b) have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.
(5) Nothing in this section requires a local authority to make services available to a young person or relevant young adult for whom it is responsible if—
(a) another local authority in England is also responsible for the person, and
(b) services are being provided to the person by, or under arrangements made by, the other authority in exercise of its functions under subsection (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/68 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-68
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