# The Education (Areas to which Pupils and Students Belong) Regulations 1989, Regulation 5: Special cases Boarding school pupils


(1) This regulation shall apply in the case of a pupil other than one for whom a statement of special educational needs is maintained under the Education Act 1981, who attends a boarding school as a boarder, where—
(a) the school is maintained by a local education authority or is a grant-maintained school, or
(b) he so attends pursuant to arrangements made by such an authority undersection 6 of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953, or
(c) any fees or expenses which are related to his attendance are paid, in whole or in part, by such an authority under regulations for the time being in force under section 81 of the Education Act 1944.
(2) Such a pupil shall, irrespective of whether he commenced boarding at the school before or after the coming into force of these Regulations, be treated, for so long as he is a boarder at the school, as belonging to the area of the local education authority—
(a) who placed him at the school or give him financial assistance in respect of his attendance there, or, where there is no such authority,
(b) who maintain the school or (in the case of a grant-maintained school) from whom sums are recoverable under section 81 of the Education Reform Act 1988 in respect of the school.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2037/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-areas-to-which-pupils-and-students-belong-regulations-1989/regulation-5
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