# Equality Act 2010, Paragraph 6

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule.
(2) Regulations may prescribe services which are, or are not, to be regarded as being—
(a) education;
(b) a benefit, facility or service.
(3) The power to make regulations is exercisable by—
(a) in relation to England, a Minister of the Crown;
(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.
(4) “Disabled pupil” includes a disabled person who may be admitted to the school as a pupil.
(5) “Responsible body” means—
(a) in relation to a maintained school or a maintained nursery school, the local authority or governing body;
(b) in relation to a pupil referral unit, the local authority;
(c) in relation to an independent educational institution or an alternative provision Academy that is not an independent educational institution, the proprietor;
(d) in relation to a special school not maintained by a local authority, the proprietor.
(6) “Governing body”, in relation to a maintained school, means the body corporate (constituted in accordance with regulations under section 19 of the Education Act 2002) which the school has as a result of that section.
(7) “Maintained school” has the meaning given in section 20 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; and “maintained nursery school” has the meaning given in section 22 of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/10/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-10/paragraph-6
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