SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3Special educational needs: consequential amendments
PART 1Amendments to the Education Act 1996
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Section 441 (choice of school: child with statement of special educational needs) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
after “maintain” insert “an EHC plan (in the case of a local authority in England) or”, and
b
after “section 324” insert “(in the case of a local authority in Wales)”.
3
In subsection (2) after “Where the” insert “EHC plan or”.
4
In subsection (3)—
a
after “Where the” insert “EHC plan or”, and
b
after “amend the” insert “EHC plan or”.
5
After subsection (3A) insert—
3B
An amendment to an EHC plan required to be made under subsection (3)(a) shall be treated as if it were an amendment made following a review under section 44 of the Children and Families Act 2014, and that section and regulations made under it apply accordingly.
6
In subsection (4)—
a
in paragraph (a) after “maintain” insert “an EHC plan or”, and
b
in paragraph (b) after “specified in the” insert “plan or”.
7
In the title, after “with” insert “EHC plan or”.