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Education Act 2002

Education Act 2002 s 141

s 141 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 (b) under a contract of employment or for services where the other party is a local authority or a person exercising a function relating to the provision of education on behalf of a local authority . (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, (b) 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 school maintained by a local authority , or a special school not so maintained.

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