SCHEDULES

[F1SCHEDULE 35BU.K.Meaning of “eligible child” for purposes of section 508B

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 35B inserted (1.9.2007 for the insertion of Sch. 35B para. 1 for specified purposes and paras. 2-10, 14, 15 for all purposes, 1.9.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(3), Sch. 8; S.I. 2007/1801, art. 4(k); S.I. 2008/1971, art. 2(b)

Children outside walking distance where no suitable alternative arrangements madeU.K.

8(1)Where—U.K.

(a)a child of compulsory school age has been excluded from a relevant school,

(b)he remains for the time being a registered pupil at the school, and

[F2(c)the appropriate authority for the school has made arrangements for the provision of full-time education for him otherwise than at the school or at his home during the period of exclusion,]

paragraph 6 has effect as if the place at which [F3the education is provided] were a qualifying school and the child were a registered pupil at that school (and not at the school mentioned in paragraph (b)).

(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)“relevant school” and “appropriate authority” have the same meaning as in section 444ZA (application of section 444 to alternative educational provision), and

[F4(b)in relation to a maintained school or a pupil referral unit, references in that sub-paragraph to exclusion are references to exclusion under [F5section 51A] of the Education Act 2002.]]

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