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