194Welsh LEAs' powers to make regional provision
(1)In section 14 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (functions in respect of provision of primary and secondary schools), after subsection (4) there is inserted—
“(4A)A local education authority for an area in Wales may secure that regional schools for providing—
(a)primary education, and
(b)education that is secondary education by virtue of section 2(2)(a),
are available for Wales or any part of Wales that includes the area of the authority.
(4B)For this purpose a “regional school”, in relation to a local education authority, is a school maintained by that authority which provides education to meet both—
(a)the needs of pupils with particular special educational needs in their area, and
(b)the needs of such pupils in the rest, or any other part, of Wales,
whether or not the institution also provides education suitable to the requirements of other pupils.”
(2)In section 318 of that Act (provision of goods and services in connection with special educational needs)—
(a)in subsection (3) after “authority” there is inserted “in England”, and
(b)after subsection (3A) there is inserted—
“(3B)A local education authority in Wales may supply goods and services to any authority in Wales or other person (other than a governing body within subsection (1)) for the purpose of assisting them in making for a child any special educational provision which any learning difficulty of the child calls for.”