Pre-school children

33Fees

1

School education provided by virtue of subsections (1) and (1A) of section 1 of the 1980 Act shall be provided without payment of fees.

2

An education authority may charge fees for school education provided by virtue of subsection (1C) of that section.

3

For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) above, the school education may be provided—

a

in a nursery school;

b

in a nursery class in a school; or

c

in pursuance of arrangements entered into under section 35 of this Act, in some other establishment.

4

In section 3 of the 1980 Act (which relates to the charging of fees, in certain cases, for the provision of school education etc.), after subsection (6) there shall be added—

7

This section does not apply as respects the provision of school education by virtue of subsections (1) and (1A), or as the case may be subsection (1C), of section 1 of this Act.