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- s. 19(1A) inserted by 2010 c. 26 s. 3(2)
- s. 19(2)(a) text amended by 2010 c. 26 Sch. 3 para. 1
- s. 19(2A)(2B) inserted by S.I. 2007/1507 reg. 2
- s. 19(2B)(a) text amended by 2010 c. 26 Sch. 3 para. 1
- s. 19(3A)(3B) inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 101(2)
- s. 19(3A)(3AA) substituted for s. 19(3A) by 2010 c. 26 s. 3(3)
- s. 19(3B) text amended by 2010 c. 26 s. 3(4)
- s. 19(6) substituted by 2006 c. 40 s. 101(3)
- s. 19(6) text amended by 2010 c. 26 Sch. 4 Pt. 1
- s. 337 337A substituted for s. 337 by 2008 c. 25 s. 142(1)
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- Act amendment to earlier affecting provision 2009 nawm 5 by S.I. 2010/1148 art. 5(2)
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- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2010/1907 reg. 16 Sch. 2
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2010/875 reg. 16 Sch. 2 (This SI was revoked before it came into force by SI 2010/1906, reg. 2)
- Act construed with 1998 c. 38 s. 145B (as inserted) by 2004 c. 23 s. 4
- Act modified by 2005 c. 18 s. 96(2)
- Act modified by 2005 c. 18 s. 122
- Act modified by 2009 c. 22 s. 264(5)
- Act modified by 2010 c. 32 s. 4(6) 17(4)
- Act text amended by S.I. 2010/1158 Sch. 2 para. 7(2)-(5)
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 14A inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 3
- s. 15ZA extended by S.I. 2011/908 art. 10 Sch. 3 para. 6
- s. 15ZA-15ZB inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 41
- s. 15ZA(6)(7) applied by 2009 c. 22 s. 83(4)
- s. 15ZA(6)(7) applied by 2009 c. 22 s. 95(6)
- s. 15ZB extended by S.I. 2011/908 art. 10 Sch. 3 para. 6
- s. 15ZC extended by S.I. 2011/908 art. 10 Sch. 3 para. 6
- s. 15ZC inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 42
- s. 17A extended by S.I. 2011/908 art. 10 Sch. 3 para. 6
- s. 17A-17D inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 45
- s. 17B-17D applied by 2009 c. 22 s. 86(8)
- s. 18A inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 48
- s. 312A inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 52(2)
- s. 328A inserted by 2010 c. 26 s. 2
- s. 332C-332E inserted by 2008 c. 11 s. 1
- s. 332AA inserted by 2009 nawm 5 s. 4(3)
- s. 332BA inserted by 2009 nawm 5 s. 5(3)
- s. 332BB inserted by 2009 nawm 5 s. 6(2)
- s. 332ZA inserted by 2009 nawm 5 s. 1(2)
- s. 332ZB inserted by 2009 nawm 5 s. 2(2)
- s. 332ZC inserted by 2009 nawm 5 s. 3(2)
- s. 336ZB inserted by S.I. 2008/2833 Sch. 3 para. 135
- s. 342A inserted by 2008 c. 25 s. 144
- s. 342B 342C inserted by 2008 c. 25 s. 145
- s. 436A inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 4(1)
- s. 444A 444B inserted by 2003 c. 38 s. 23(1)
- s. 444A power to amend conferred by 2003 c. 38 s. 23(9)
- s. 444A(1)(b) substituted by 2005 c. 18 s. 119 Sch. 18 para. 3
- s. 444A(1)(b)(iii)(iv) and word substituted for s. 444A(1)(b)(iii) and word by 2008 c. 25 Sch. 1 para. 50
- s. 444A(6) substituted by 2006 c. 40 s. 110
- s. 444B power to amend conferred by 2003 c. 38 s. 23(9)
- s. 444ZA inserted by 2005 c. 18 s. 116
- s. 444ZA(1A)-(1D) inserted by 2008 c. 25 s. 155(2)
- s. 444ZA(2)(a) text amended by 2008 c. 25 s. 155(3)
- s. 444ZA(4) text amended by 2008 c. 25 s. 155(4)(c)
- s. 444ZA(4)(a) text amended by 2008 c. 25 s. 155(4)(a)
- s. 444ZA(4)(b) text amended by 2008 c. 25 s. 155(4)(b)
- s. 444ZA(5) text amended by 2008 c. 25 s. 155(5)
- s. 444ZA(6) text amended by 2006 c. 40 s. 109(9)
- s. 444ZA(6) text amended by 2008 c. 25 s. 155(6)
- s. 444ZA(7)(b) text amended by 2008 c. 25 s. 155(7)(b)
- s. 444ZA(7)(aa) inserted by 2008 c. 25 s. 155(7)(a)
- s. 507A 507B inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 6(1)
- s. 507B(2)(b) text amended by S.I. 2010/1080 Sch. 1 para. 28
- s. 508A inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 76
- s. 508B-508D inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 77(1)
- s. 508B(1)(2) modified by S.I. 2007/1367 reg. 2
- s. 508E inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 78(1)
- s. 508F inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 81
- s. 508F-508I inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 57(2)
- s. 509AD inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 84
- s. 509AD(1) text amended by 2008 c. 25 s. 84
- s. 509AD(2) words substituted by 2009 c. 22 s. 57(3)
- s. 509AE inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 56(2)
- s. 512ZC inserted by 2009 nawm 3 s. 7
- s. 514A extended by S.I. 2011/908 art. 10 Sch. 3 para. 6
- s. 514A inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 46
- s. 537B inserted by 2006 c. 40 s. 164
- s. 537C inserted by S.I. 2010/501 Sch. para. 2(2)
- s. 537C substituted by S.I. 2011/1726 reg. 8
- s. 537AA inserted by 2008 c. 25 Sch. 1 para. 8
- s. 550AA inserted by 2006 c. 38 s. 45
- s. 550AA title word inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 243(2)
- s. 550AA(1) words inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 243(3)
- s. 550AA(4) words inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 243(3)
- s. 550ZA-550ZD inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 242(1)
- s. 560A extended by S.I. 2011/908 art. 10 Sch. 3 para. 6
- s. 560A inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 47
- s. 569A inserted by 2009 c. 22 Sch. 2 para. 11
- Sch. 35B inserted by 2006 c. 40 Sch. 8
- Sch. 35B para. 8(1)(c) substituted by 2008 c. 25 Sch. 1 para. 52(2)
- Sch. 35B para. 8(2)(b) substituted by 2008 c. 25 Sch. 1 para. 52(4)
- Sch. 35B para. 8(1) text amended by 2008 c. 25 Sch. 1 para. 52(3)
- Sch. 35B para. 15(4) text amended by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 40 (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5
- Sch. 35C inserted by 2006 c. 40 Sch. 9
- Sch. 35C para. 3(1)(2) modified by S.I. 2007/1367 reg. 2
- Sch. 36A inserted by S.I. 2010/1158 art. 3(4) Sch. 1
- Sch. 36A Table text amended by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 42 Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as inserted/substituted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5 Sch. 2
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- S.I. 2003/124 art. 2-5 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2003/1115 art. 2-4 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2003/1667 art. 2-6 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2003/1718 art. 4-6 Sch. commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2003/1725 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 9)
- S.I. 2003/2071 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2003/2532 art. 2 Sch. commences (2001 c. 10)
- S.I. 2003/2961 art. 4-7 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2003/3300 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 38)
- S.I. 2004/571 Sch. amendment to earlier commencing SI 2003/1667 Sch. para. 1
- S.I. 2004/912 art. 4 5 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2004/1728 art. 4 5 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2005/394 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)
- S.I. 2005/950 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 44)
- S.I. 2005/1432 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 12)
- S.I. 2005/2034 art. 2-9 commences (2005 c. 18)
- S.I. 2005/2122 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2005/950 Sch. 2 para. 23
- S.I. 2005/2910 art. 4 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2005/2925 art. 2 4-11 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2006/172 art. 4 5 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2006/345 art. 2-7 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2006/885 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)
- S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
- S.I. 2006/1338 art. 3-5 Sch. 1 2 commences (2005 c. 18)
- S.I. 2006/2129 art. 3 4 commences (2005 c. 18)
- S.I. 2006/2895 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2006/3400 art. 2-7 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2007/858 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 38)
- S.I. 2007/935 art. 2-7 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2007/1019 art. 2-5 commences (2006 c. 21)
- S.I. 2007/1801 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2007/2717 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 21)
- S.I. 2007/3611 art. 4 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2008/17 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 21)
- S.I. 2008/787 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 5)
- S.I. 2008/1429 art. 3 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2008/1653 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 15)
- S.I. 2008/1728 art. 3 commences (2002 c. 32)
- S.I. 2008/1971 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2008/2261 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 21)
- S.I. 2008/2664 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 11)
- S.I. 2009/107 art. 2-5 Sch. 1-5 Commencement Order
- S.I. 2009/371 art. 2 Sch. commences (2008 nawm 2)
- S.I. 2009/387 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 25)
- S.I. 2009/1027 art. 3 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2009/1513 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 25)
- S.I. 2009/3074 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 4)
- S.I. 2009/3317 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 22)
- S.I. 2010/303 art. 2-7 Sch. 1-6 commences (2009 c. 22)
- S.I. 2010/735 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 18)
- S.I. 2010/1093 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 25)
- S.I. 2010/1151 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 22)
- S.I. 2010/1817 art. 2-4 commences (2010 c. 26)
- S.I. 2010/1937 art. 2-5 commences (2010 c. 32)
- S.I. 2010/2317 art. 2 3 commences (2010 c. 15)
- S.I. 2010/2413 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 22)
- S.I. 2010/2426 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 38)
- S.I. 2010/2543 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2011/829 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 22)
- S.I. 2011/1100 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 26)
19 Exceptional provision of education in pupil referral units or elsewhere.E+W
(1)Each local education authority shall make arrangements for the provision of suitable F1. . . education at school or otherwise than at school for those children of compulsory school age who, by reason of illness, exclusion from school or otherwise, may not for any period receive suitable education unless such arrangements are made for them.
(2)Any school established (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) and maintained by a local education authority which—
(a)is specially organised to provide education for such children, and
(b)is not a county school or a special school,
shall be known as a “pupil referral unit”.
(3)A local education authority may secure the provision of boarding accommodation at any pupil referral unit.
(4)A local education authority may make arrangements for the provision of suitable . . . education otherwise than at school for those young persons who, by reason of illness, exclusion from school or otherwise, may not for any period receive suitable education unless such arrangements are made for them.
[F2(4A)In determining what arrangements to make under subsection (1) or (4) in the case of any child or young person a local education authority shall have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State.]
(5)Any child for whom education is provided otherwise than at school in pursuance of this section, and any young person for whom full-time education is so provided in pursuance of this section, shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a pupil.
(6)In this section “suitable education”, in relation to a child or young person, means efficient education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude and to any special educational needs he may have.
(7)Schedule 1 has effect in relation to pupil referral units.
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F1Words in s. 19(1) and (4) repealed (1.9.1998) by 1997 c. 44, ss. 47(2)(3), 57(4), Sch.8; S.I. 1998/386, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. IV
F2S. 19(4A) inserted (1.9.1998) by 1997 c. 44, s. 47(4); S.I. 1998/386, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt.IV
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 19 excluded (prosp.) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 36(5)(c)(10), 162 (with s. 159)
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