Supplementary

Amendments to section 444 of the Education Act 1996
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1
Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 (school attendance) is amended as follows.
2
For subsection (4) substitute —
4
The child is not to be taken to have failed to attend regularly at the school if the parent proves that the local authority have failed to discharge—
a
a duty to make transport arrangements in relation to the child under section 3 of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008, or
b
a duty to make travel arrangements in relation to the child under section 4 of that Measure.
3
In subsection (5) for “subsections (3D) and (4)” substitute “subsection (3D)”.