Learning and Skills Act 2000

59 (1) Section 509 of that Act (provision of transport etc) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after paragraph (b) insert “or”;

(b) omit paragraph (d) and the word “or” immediately preceding it.

(3) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) A local education authority shall make such arrangements for the provision of transport and otherwise as they consider necessary, or as the Secretary of State may direct, for the purpose of facilitating the attendance of persons receiving education or training at an institution outside both the further education and higher education sectors.

(1B) Arrangements under subsection (1A) may be made in relation to a person only if the Learning and Skills Council for England or the National Council for Education and Training for Wales has secured for him—

(a) the provision of education or training at the institution, and

(b) the provision of boarding accommodation under section 13 or 41 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.”

(4) In subsection (2) after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1A)”.

(5) In subsection (3)—

(a) after “education” insert “or training”;

(b) in paragraph (b) after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1A)”;

(c) in the words following paragraph (b), for “that subsection” substitute “either of those subsections”.

(6) In subsection (4)—

(a) after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1A)”;

(b) in paragraph (b) after “education” insert “or training”.

(7) In subsection (5)—

(a) after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1A)”;

(b) in paragraph (c) for “education at institutions mentioned in subsection (1)(d)” substitute “education or training at institutions mentioned in subsection (1A)”;

(c) in paragraph (c)(i) for “section 15(5)” substitute “section 13 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000”.

(8) In subsection (6)(a) for “or (d)” substitute “or (1A)”.