# The Education (Areas to which Pupils and Students Belong) Regulations 1989, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2037/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-areas-to-which-pupils-and-students-belong-regulations-1989/regulation-8
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