Part 8Teachers
Health and fitness
I1I2141 Health and fitness
1
Regulations may provide that an activity to which this section applies may be carried out only by a person who satisfies specified conditions as to health or physical capacity.
2
This section applies to an activity of a prescribed kind performed in the course of the provision of education at—
a
a school, or
b
a further education institution.
3
This section also applies to an activity of a prescribed kind performed in the course of the provision of education by a person—
a
otherwise than in a school or a further education institution, and
4
This section also applies to an activity of a prescribed kind (other than the provision of education) where—
a
the activity is carried out by a person under a contract of employment or for services,
F1b
the other party to the contract is—
i
a local authority which entered into the contract for purposes connected with any of their education functions,
ii
the governing body of a school, or
iii
a further education institution,
c
the activity regularly brings the person into contact with children.
5
In this section—
“child” means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years,
“education” includes vocational, social, physical and recreational training,
“further education institution” has the meaning given by section 140, and
“school” means—
- a
a school maintained by a F2local authority, or
- b
a special school not so maintained.
- a