PART 6SUPPLEMENTARY
Co-operation and facilitation
67Local authorities' duty to facilitate the performance of functions
(1)
A local authority in Wales must exercise its functions with a view to facilitating the performance of functions, by persons within subsection (2), that are conferred on them by or under Parts 2 to 4.
(2)
The persons are—
(a)
the head teacher of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school that is maintained by the local authority;
(b)
the governing body of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school that is maintained by the local authority;
(c)
a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education secured by the local authority;
(d)
the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit maintained by the local authority;
(e)
the management committee for a pupil referral unit maintained by the local authority.
(3)
Subsection (4) applies where a local authority makes arrangements under section 19A of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) for the provision of education to a child otherwise than at—
(a)
a maintained school or maintained nursery school that is maintained by the local authority, or
(b)
a pupil referral unit that is maintained by the local authority.
(4)
The authority must exercise its functions with a view to facilitating the performance of their relevant functions by persons within subsection (5).
(5)
The persons are—
(a)
where the child is provided with the education at a maintained school or a maintained nursery school that is maintained by another local authority, the head teacher and governing body of the school;
(b)
where the child is provided with the education at a pupil referral unit that is maintained by another local authority, the teacher in charge of the unit, the management committee for the unit (if there is one) and that authority;
(c)
where the education is provided for the child otherwise than at a maintained school or pupil referral unit, any person who provides it.
(6)
The “relevant functions” of a person within subsection (5) are the functions conferred on that person, by or under Parts 2 to 4, in respect of the education.