2 Amendment of Section 19 of the Education Act 1996
1 Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.
1996 c. 56. Section 19 was amended by section 47 of and Schedule 8 to the Education Act 1997 (c.44).
2 After subsection (2) insert—

“2A Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to schools in England.
2B  Any school established in England (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) and maintained by a local education authority which—
(a) is specially organised to provide education for such children, and
(b) is not a community or foundation school, a community or foundation special school, or a maintained nursery school,
shall be known as a “pupil referral unit”.”

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