The Education Act 1996 (Amendment of Section 19) (England) Regulations 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/1507
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, and application

These Regulations may be cited as The Education Act 1996 (Amendment of Section 19) (England) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 2nd July 2007.

Section 2 Amendment of Section 19 of the Education Act 1996

(1) Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (2) insert—

(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to schools in England.

(2B) Any school established in England (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) and maintained by a local education authority which—

(a) is specially organised to provide education for such children, and

(b) is not a community or foundation school, a community or foundation special school, or a maintained nursery school,

shall be known as a “pupil referral unit”.