# Learning and Skills Act 2000, Section 96: Persons under 19.

Extent: E+W

(1) This section applies to a course of education or training—
(a) which is provided (or proposed to be provided) by or on behalf of a school or institution or employer,
(b) which leads to a relevant qualification, and
(c) which is provided (or proposed to be provided) for pupils who are of compulsory school age or for pupils who are above that age but have not attained the age of 19.
(2) Unless the relevant qualification is approved under section 98 ..., the course must not be—
(a) funded by an authorised body (as defined in section 100), or
(b) provided by or on behalf of a maintained school in England .
(3) In relation to a maintained school, the local authority and the governing body must carry out their functions with a view to securing that subsection (2)(b) is not contravened.
(4) The course mentioned in subsection (1) may be one of two or more components leading to the same qualification.
(5) In this section “a relevant qualification” means a qualification to which Part 7 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 applies.
(8) These are maintained schools—
(a) a community, foundation or voluntary school;
(b) a community or foundation special school.
(9) In this section and sections 100 to 101 “local authority” has the same meaning as “local authority in England” in the Education Act 1996 (see section 579(1) of that Act).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/section/96 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/learning-and-skills-act-2000/section-96
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