8.—(1) The Education Act 1997 is amended as follows.
(2) For “local education authority” and “LEA” in each place where those words occur (except in paragraph (a) of section 38(2A)) substitute “local authority”.
(3) For “local education authorities” and “LEAs” in each place where those words occur substitute “local authorities”.
(4) In section 38(2A)(1) for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)any education function of theirs;”.
Section 38 (2A) was inserted by section 51 of the Children Act 2004.