The Children and Families Act 2014 (Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014 No. 2270

PART 7 Children etc with an EHC plan who are detained

Children etc with an EHC plan who are detained

30.—(1) This Article applies to a child or young person if —

(a) an EHC plan is maintained by a local authority for the child or young person, and

(b) the child or young person is a detained person.

(2) Despite the amendments made by Schedule 3 to the 2014 Act to Chapter 5A of Part 10 of EA 1996, that Chapter continues to have effect in relation to the child or young person—

(a) as if the EHC plan were a statement maintained by that authority immediately before the beginning of the detention, and

(b) as if the special educational provision specified in the EHC plan—

(i) were contained in a statement kept for the child or young person, and

(ii) had been specified in the statement immediately before the detention.