Paragraph 10 I1

In section 115 (persons with special educational needs), for subsections (1) and (2) substitute—

“(1)

The Secretary of State must, in performing functions under this Part, have regard to the needs of persons with special educational needs who are of a kind specified in subsection (2B)(a) or (b).

(2A)

The Mayor of London or Greater London Authority, a combined authority or CCA, or a district council or county council that is a strategic authority, must, in performing functions under this Part, have regard to the needs of persons with special educational needs who are of a kind specified in subsection (2B)(a).

(2B)

The persons referred to above are—

(a)

persons who are aged 19 or over, other than persons aged under 25 for whom an EHC plan is maintained;

(b)

persons who are subject to adult detention.”