Education and Skills Act 2008

147Approval of independent schools: consequential amendmentsE+W
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(1)Section 349 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (variation of trust deeds by order) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)—

F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)omit “or 347”.

F3(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)Section 483A of that Act (city colleges and academies: special educational needs) is amended as follows.

(5)For subsection (3)(a) and (b) substitute—

(a)the statement is maintained by a [F4local authority] in England, or

(b)the statement is maintained by a [F4local authority] in Wales and the Welsh Ministers consent to the child being educated at the school.

(6)In subsection (4) of that section for “The Secretary of State” substitute “ The appropriate national authority ”.

(7)At the end of that section add—

(6A)In subsection (4) “the appropriate national authority” means—

(a)in relation to a school in England, the Secretary of State;

(b)in relation to a school in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.

F5(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .