Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 4)

SCHEDULE 2 S Children and young persons with additional support needs: placing requests

Young persons having additional support needs S

8 (1) Paragraphs 2 to 7 apply to a young person having additional support needs as they apply to a child having such needs. S

(2) For the purposes of the application of those provisions to a young person having additional support needs references in the provisions to the parent of a child having additional support needs (as well as references to the child) are to be construed as references to the young person.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in a case where the education authority are satisfied that the young person lacks capacity to do anything which the parent of a child may do under the provision concerned.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 14.11.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/564, art. 2