Part IVSpecial educational needs
Chapter IChildren with special educational needs
Special educational provision: general
318Provision of goods and services in connection with special educational needs
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.
3
A local education authority may supply goods or 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 in respect of whose education grants are (or are to be) made under arrangements under section 1 of the [1996 c. 50.] Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996 any special educational provision which any learning difficulty of the child calls for.
4
This section is without prejudice to the generality of any other power of local education authorities to supply goods or services.