Part III School admissions
Chapter I Admission arrangements
Code F3of practiceF3for school admissions
C1C3C484 Code F4of practiceF4for school admissions.
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The Secretary of State shall issue, and may from time to time revise, F6a code of practice containing such practical guidanceF6a code for school admissions containing such provision as he thinks appropriate in respect of the
discharge by—
a
local education authorities,
b
the governing bodies of maintained schools,
F7ba
admission forums,
c
appeal panels, and
d
adjudicators,
of their respective functions under this Chapter.
2
The code may F8include guidelines setting out aims, objectives and other mattersF8impose requirements, and may include guidelines setting out aims, objectives and other matters, in relation to the discharge of their functions under this Chapter by local education
authorities and such governing bodies.
3
It shall be the duty of—
a
each of the bodies and persons mentioned in subsection (1) when exercising functions under this Chapter, and
b
any other person when exercising any function for the purposes of the discharge by a local education authority, or the governing body of a maintained school, of functions under this Chapter,
4
The Secretary of State shall publish the code as for the time being in force.
5
The Secretary of State may under subsection (1)—
a
make separate provision (by means of separate codes F10of practice) in relation to different functions under this Chapter of the bodies and persons mentioned in that
subsection;
b
make different provision for England and for Wales (whether or not by means of separate codes F10of practice);
and references in this section to “the code” or to functions under this Chapter shall have effect, in relation to any such
separate code F10of practice, as references to that code or to functions under this Chapter to which it relates (as the case may be).
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In this Chapter—
“admission arrangements” and “the admission authority” have the meaning given by section 88;
F5“admission forum” means a forum established under section 85A, including a joint admission forum established in pursuance of regulations under subsection (3)(c) of that section;
“appeal panel” means a panel constituted F1in accordance with regulations under section 94(5) or 95(3) for the purpose of hearing an appeal under this Chapter;
“child” (except in sections 96 and 97) includes a person who has not attained the age of 19;
“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school;
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In this Chapter, references to a child who is looked after by a local authority are to be read in accordance with section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989.
Words in s. 84 cross-heading substituted (12.12.2006 for E.) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 40(7), 188(3); S.I. 2006/2990, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (17.1.2008) by S.I. 2008/54, arts. 1(1), 2)