Amendment
2.—(1) Schedule 18 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (appeals against exclusion of pupils) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 8, the following shall be omitted—
(a)in sub-paragraph (2), the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (3),”; and
(b)sub-paragraph (3).
(3) In paragraph 10 there shall be inserted at the end—
“(3) The appeal panel may from time to time adjourn the hearing.”.