# Education (Mentally Handicapped Children) (Scotland) Act 1974, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to make provision as respects Scotland for discontinuing the ascertainment of mentally handicapped children as unsuitable for education at school, to impose a duty on education authorities to provide for the education of such children whether accommodated in a hospital within the meaning of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 or otherwise, and for purposes connected therewith.
[17th July 1974]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/27/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-mentally-handicapped-children-scotland-act-1974/introduction
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