(1)In section 8 of the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944 (duties of local education authorities) for subsection (1)(b) (secondary education) there is substituted—
“(b)for providing full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils of compulsory school age, being either senior pupils or junior pupils who have attained the age of ten years and six months and whom it is expedient to educate together with senior pupils of compulsory school age.”
(2)After subsection (1) of that section there is inserted—
“(1A)A local education authority shall have power to secure the provision for their area of full-time education suitable to the requirements of persons over compulsory school age who have not attained the age of nineteen years, including provision for persons from other areas.”
(3)In subsection (2) of that section (subsidiary obligations) for “fulfilling their duties” there is substituted “exercising their functions”.