Part 11Learners
F3Pupil referral units
249F2Regulations about pupil referral units
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After paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (short stay schools: further provision) insert—
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Regulations may also—
a
require a F1local authority in England to obtain the consent of the Secretary of State, in specified circumstances, to the closure of a short stay school;
b
confer a power on the Secretary of State to give directions to a F1local authority in England about the exercise of—
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their functions under section 19;
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their functions under any enactment applied to short stay schools (with or without modifications) by regulations under paragraph 3;
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any other function connected with short stay schools;
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require a F1local authority to comply with such directions.
S. 249 cross-heading substituted (15.1.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 51(3), 82(3); S.I. 2012/84, art. 2