(1)A local education authority may, for the purpose only of assisting—
(a)the governing bodies of county, voluntary or grant-maintained schools (in their or any other area) in the performance of the governing bodies’ duties under section 317(1)(a), or
(b)the governing bodies of maintained or grant-maintained special schools (in their or any other area) in the performance of the governing bodies’ duties,
supply goods or services to those bodies.
(2)The terms on which goods or services are supplied by local education authorities under this section—
(a)to the governing bodies of grant-maintained schools or grant-maintained special schools, or
(b)to the governing bodies of county, voluntary or maintained special schools,
in any other area may, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, include such terms as to payment as may be prescribed.
[F1(3)A local education authority may supply goods and services to any authority or other person (other than a governing body within subsection (1)) for the purpose only of assisting them in making for any child to whom subsection (3A) applies any special educational provision which any learning difficulty of the child calls for.
(3A)This subsection applies to any child—
(a)who is receiving relevant nursery education within the meaning of section 123 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, or
(b)in respect of whose education grants are (or are to be) made under section 1 of the M1Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996.]
(4)This section is without prejudice to the generality of any other power of local education authorities to supply goods or services.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 318(3)(3A) substituted (1.10.1998) for s. 318(3) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 75(4) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt.I
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