Regulation 8 School pupils resident in hospital
(1)
This regulation shall apply in the case of a school pupil who receives education while residing as a patient in a hospital.
(2)
Where the person responsible for such a pupil is ordinarily resident in the area of a local education authority the pupil shall be treated as belonging to that area.
(3)
Where the person responsible for such a pupil is not so resident, the pupil shall be treated as belonging to the area to which he belonged immediately before he became a patient in the hospital.
(4)
Where the pupil did not belong to the area of any local education authority immediately before he became a patient in the hospital, he shall be treated as belonging to the area of the local education authority in which the hospital is situated.