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Children and Families Act 2014

Section 77: Code of Practice

321.This section requires the Secretary of State to issue a Code of Practice giving guidance to local authorities, the governing bodies, proprietors and management committees of various institutions, and other bodies listed in subsection (1) on the exercise of their functions under these provisions. These bodies must have regard to the Code when carrying out those functions, as must those who help them carry out those functions.

322.The First-tier Tribunal must also have regard to any provision in the Code that it considers to be relevant to any question arising out of a special educational needs appeal with which it is dealing.

323.This section also empowers the Secretary of State to revise the Code from time to time, and requires him or her to publish the current version.

324.This section replaces, in England, section 313 of the Education Act 1996 and widens the scope of the bodies who must have regard to the Code from maintained schools, maintained nursery schools and local authorities to include colleges, Academies, pupil referral units and early years education providers.

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